Abstract Background Implementation of the Norwegian government's Coordination Reform
(2012) aims to decentralise health care services from centralised hospitals to the local …

Abstract Background Implementation of the Norwegian government's Coordination Reform
(2012) aims to decentralise health care services from centralised hospitals to local …

Background Geographical variation in health care services challenges the basic principle of
fair allocation of health care resources. This study aimed to investigate geographical …

The UK National Health Service (NHS) came into being in 1948, offering health care for all,
free at the point of access. Over the past 6 decades, the NHS has grown to become the …

Diagnostic and interventional radiology play a crucial role in healthcare, facilitating
diagnosis of disease, treatment planning, interventional therapies, and assessment for …

Background Unwarranted temporal and geographical variations are acknowledged as a
profound problem for equal access and justice in the provision of health services. Even …

Introduction: Despite the acknowledged clinical importance of radiology and an awareness
of issues surrounding the rural radiology workforce and access to services and equipment …

Introduction The development of diagnostic imaging services manifests features specific to
the Scottish environment, in particular development of the radiographic workforce through …

Objectives: To determine the social costs of providing a rural population with radiology
services under three different systems: the existing system (a small x ray unit at the remote …

Background Overuse, underuse, and significant variation in the utilisation of radiological
services are well documented in the literature. Several radiological examinations are …