Comment by thaw13579
3 hours ago
Yes, that is a economic & public health policy problem that really needs to be solved. We can look to Japan as example of what's possible, they have invested in nearly twice the number of scanners per capita of Canada, and they can get same-day MRIs for $50, roughly speaking.
> they can get same-day MRIs for $50
I’d like to see a breakdown on how they do that. Staffing alone is a multiple of that.
From what I know, seems like a mix of medical price fixing by the gov't, adoption of lower cost hardware, and universal healthcare. There's apparently less bureaucracy, perhaps because there is no need for negotiation at every step of the process?
Romania: for a head MRI on demand - not more than a few days and less than 400 Euros.