Description
This operational assessment report on the echocardiography market is based on an IMV Echocardiography census conducted from March 2009 through August 2009. It is based on a study of 1,383 facilities, including hospitals over 100 beds having echocardiography services, imaging centers cardiology group practices that provide echo on site. The results were tabulated for both hospital-based and non-hospital sites.
Key Features
- Number of Procedures, Patient Visits, Sites & Units
- Characteristics of the Echocardiography System Installed Base
- Variation of Echo Procedures per Site, by Site Type
- Variation of Procedures per Unit, by Number of Units Installed
- Echo Patient Visit Mix
- Staffing Configurations
- Productivity
- Contrast Agent Utilization and Budgets
- Waiting time
- Reimbursement Sources