Inpatient Imaging Utilization and Radiology Workload: Trends of the Past Decade and Through the COVID-19 Pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The aim of this study was to assess inpatient radiology imaging utilization and workload trends at a large academic medical center from fiscal year (FY) 2013 to FY 2023.

Methods

This retrospective study included 896,005 imaging examinations from adult inpatients treated from October 1, 2012, to September 30, 2023 (FY 2013 to FY 2023) at an 866-bed tertiary care academic institution. Examinations were coded by modality-radiography (XR), CT, MRI, ultrasound, and nuclear medicine (NM)-and adjusted for disease severity using case-mix index. Relative value units (RVUs) were used to measure radiology workload. Linear regression analysis and the χ² test were used to assess trends in imaging examinations per case mix-adjusted admission (CMAA) and RVUs.

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SUBMITTER: Shiang T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12790261 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature