Survey on frequency of medical X-ray diagnosis in Jiangxi province
10.3760/cma.j.issn.0254-5098.2019.05.012
- VernacularTitle:江西省医用X射线诊断应用频度调查
- Author:
Qingfeng CHEN
1
;
Yishui CHEN
;
Liying LIU
;
Ruokai ZHU
Author Information
1. 江西省职业病防治研究院
- Keywords:
Medical X-ray diagnosis;
Medical exposure;
Frequency
- From:
Chinese Journal of Radiological Medicine and Protection
2019;39(5):388-391
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To study the frequency of diagnostic medical radiological examinations and the distribution of examinees in Jiangxi province by sampling investigation,including normal X-ray diagnosis,computed tomography (CT),interventional radiology.Methods Hospitals of different levels in Jiangxi province were chosen by the typical sampling method.Questionnaire was used in this study.Results There were more male examinees than female in diagnostic medical radiological examinations.For the distribution of age,the "0-" group accounted for the lowest and the "40-" group the highest proportion.The annual frequency in 2016 in Jiangxi was 543.07 examinations per 1 000 population for normal X-ray diagnosis,244.79 examinations per 1 000 population for CT scanning,6.28 examinations per 1 000 population for interventional radiology.Conclusions The frequency of diagnostic medical radiological examinations in Jiangxi has been increased rapidly which made a huge challenge for radiological protection.Therefore,the supervision and management of diagnostic medical radiological examinations should be enhanced and medical resources should be rationally allocated.
