on April 5, 2010 |
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Topics: Service Lines, Imaging, MRI, CT, Access to Care, Quality, Performance Improvement, Length of Stay, Efficiency
A study in the April 2010 Journal of the American College of Radiology examines the association of advanced imaging with reduced length of stay (LOS). Examining 10,005 admissions from 2005 that included advanced imaging studies and a LOS of at least 3 days, Battle and colleagues compared the average LOS of patients that were imaged in the "peri-admission" period- day -1 or day 0 of admission with those that were imaged on day 1 or 2. Using t-test and linear analyses, LOS was significantly lower in the population imaged in the per-admission period for all admissions, all CTs, all MRs, abdominal CT, neurologic MR and abdominal ICD-9 codes There was no significant difference for other types of CTs, MR and nuclear scintigraphy.
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JACR: Early Advanced Imaging Associated with Shorter LOS
