[The need for nuclear medicine specialists and gamma cameras].

Abstract:

BACKGROUND:The ideal number of nuclear medicine specialists in relation to the needs of a given population should be defined by the institutions training such specialists. AIM:To establish the relationship between the number of gammacameras, nuclear medicine specialists and the number of inhabitants in different countries, including Chile. MATERIAL AND METHODS:Information was obtained from the International Atomic Energy Agency, Britannic and Canadian Nuclear Medicine Societies, Pan-American Health Organization and American College of Nuclear Physicians. RESULTS:Industrialized countries have approximately 1 specialist and 0.5-3.3 gammacameras per 100,000 inhabitants. The respective figures in Chile are 0.25 and 0.25. Due to the unequal distribution of resources in Chile, the specialist and gammacameras rate in the Metropolitan area is 0.6, some regions or communities do not have these resources and in other communities the rate can raise up to nine. CONCLUSIONS:Compared to industrialized countries, Chile lacks nuclear medicine specialists and gammacameras, and these resources are unevenly distributed.

journal_name

Rev Med Chil

journal_title

Revista medica de Chile

authors

González P,Muñoz A

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1996-12-01 00:00:00

pages

1528-31

issue

12

eissn

0034-9887

issn

0717-6163

journal_volume

124

pub_type

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