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March 30, 2026

National Turnaround Time Trends for Medicare Fee-for-Service Beneficiaries, 2014-2023

The purpose of this study was to assess turnaround time trends for office and hospital outpatient imaging studies as an indication of the radiologist workforce’s capacity to absorb the growing demand for diagnostic imaging.

Authors: Eric W. Christensen, PhD, Alexandra R. Drake, PhD, Elizabeth Y. Rula, PhD, Cindy X. Yuan, MD, PhD, Christoph Wald, MD, PhD, Michele H. Johnson, MD, Gregory N. Nicola, MD

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