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Table 2 Number of CTs and MRIs per million population in the study sites and the selected OECD countries

From: Equity in the distribution of CT and MRI in China: a panel analysis

Study sites in China

CT

MRI

2009

Change from 2006 to 2009 (%)

2009

Change from 2006 to 2009 (%)

Shanghai

7.6

62.7

3.2

72.8

Zhejiang

8.3

31.0

2.6

36.5

Shaanxi

8.5

63.8

2.2

63.7

Hunan

6.0

42.2

1.3

67.1

Entire sample

7.4

45.3

2.1

55.7

OECD Countries

    

Australia

38.8

−30.7

5.9

22.9

Austria

29.9

1.0*

18.0

11.1

Canada

13.9

15.8

8.0

29.0

Denmark

23.7

50.0

15.4

51.0†

Finland

20.5

38.5

16.2

10.2*

Greece

33.9

28.4

21.8

33.7

Ireland

15.8

23.4

12.3

21.4

Israel

7.7

42.6

1.7

21.4

Iceland

34.5

42.6

21.9

11.2

Japan

97.3

5.1‡

43.1

7.5*

New Zealand

14.6

18.7‡

9.7

10.2‡

R.O.Korea

37.1

10.1

19.0

39.7

UK

7.4

−1.3*

5.6

3.7*

US

34.3

6.5§

25.9

−2.6§

Entire sample

41.8

1.04

24.1

−0.14

  1. Note: *: change from 2005 to 2008, †: change from 2004 to 2009, ‡: change from 2007 to 2009, §: change from 2004 to 2007.