Open AccessAnalysis and Economic Implication of X-Ray Film Reject in Diagnostic Radiology Department of Jimma University Specialized Hospital, Southwest Ethiopia
Author(s) -
Mesfin Zewdu,
Elias Kadir,
Melkamu Berhane
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
ethiopian journal of health sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.479
H-Index - 20
eISSN - 2413-7170
pISSN - 1029-1857
DOI - 10.4314/ejhs.v27i4.13
Subject(s) - medicine , quality assurance , radiation dose , quality (philosophy) , medical physics , radiography , nuclear medicine , radiology , pathology , philosophy , external quality assessment , epistemology
Patients usually undergo repeated X-ray examinations after their initial X-ray radiographs are rejected due to poor image quality. This subjects the patients to excess radiation exposure and extra cost.It is therefore investigating the magnitude and causes of reject is mandatory. This study aimed to assess the reject rate of X-ray films and its economic implication in order to obtain information for further recommendations on image quality, cost and radiation exposure.