MarketStat #53: Nuclear medicine -- Average waiting time

Nov 12, 2008

As of this 2008 census, 48% of the nuclear medicine sites reported waiting times for a nonemergency outpatient visit of less than one day. For patient waits of one day or more, the average number of days waited for appointments was 3.4 days overall.

Based on responses to IMV's 2007/2008 Nuclear Medicine Census Survey of U.S. Hospitals and Nonhospitals.

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