The purpose of this study was to examine utilization and growth in echocardiography among the general population of Ontario between 2001 and 2009. The age- and sex-adjusted rates of echocardiography grew from 39.1 per 1,000 persons in 2001 to 59.9 per 1,000 persons in 2009, for an annual rate of increase of 5.5%. Repeat echocardiograms increased at a rate of 10.6% per year and accounted for 25.3% of all procedures in 2009 as compared to 18.5% in 2002. While significant increases in echocardiography utilization were observed, opportunities may exist to improve the clinical utility of the echocardiograms performed in Ontario.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The purpose of this study was to examine utilization and growth in echocardiography among the general population of Ontario between 2001 and 2009. The age- and sex-adjusted rates of echocardiography grew from 39.1 per 1,000 persons in 2001 to 59.9 per 1,000 persons in 2009, for an annual rate of increase of 5.5%. Repeat echocardiograms […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","migration-helper-automated":[],"migration-manual":[],"topic":[62,35],"migration-helper-qa-sample-set":[],"class_list":["post-3996","journal_article","type-journal_article","status-publish","hentry","topic-health-services-research","topic-public-health"],"acf":{"citation":"Blecker S, Bhatia RS, You JJ, Lee DS, Alter DA, Wang JT, Wong HJ, Tu JV. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging.<\/em> 2013; 6(4):515-22.","source_url":"http:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S1936878X13001538?via%3Dihub","ices_scientist":[1178,1290,1381],"site":[6733,6737],"research_program":[6742],"news_release":[7451],"journal_article":[],"atlas":[],"research_report":[],"infographic":[],"video":[],"downloads":null,"links":null,"sitecore_item_id":"120A296A-BA2A-418A-B4BF-9FCE72E0D9C8","sitecore_item_name":"Temporal-trends-in-the-utilization-of-echocardiography-in-Ontario-2001-to-2009","sitecore_field_values":"{\n \"Title\": \"Temporal trends in the utilization of echocardiography in Ontario, 2001 to 2009\",\n \"Short title\": \"Temporal trends in the utilization\",\n \"Citation\": \" Blecker S, Bhatia RS, You JJ, Lee DS, Alter DA, Wang JT, Wong HJ, Tu JV. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging.<\/em> 2013; 6(4):515-22.<\/p>\",\n \"Abstract\": \" The purpose of this study was to examine utilization and growth in echocardiography among the general population of Ontario between 2001 and 2009. The age- and sex-adjusted rates of echocardiography grew from 39.1 per 1,000 persons in 2001 to 59.9 per 1,000 persons in 2009, for an annual rate of increase of 5.5%. Repeat echocardiograms increased at a rate of 10.6% per year and accounted for 25.3% of all procedures in 2009 as compared to 18.5% in 2002. While significant increases in echocardiography utilization were observed, opportunities may exist to improve the clinical utility of the echocardiograms performed in Ontario.<\/p>n View full text<\/a><\/p>\",\n \"Keywords\": \"{D130ADD9-0370-4BF6-9BBB-7379AF0263F0}|{002C9B1A-B097-4316-A26A-BA3C0A3B8FA9}\",\n \"Related Products\": \"News Release<\/h2>rn
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