This economic assessment of the implementation of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in a French hospital examines data on the diagnostic resources used in neurology and neurosurgery before and after MRI was available. Given a similar patient population and case mix, there was no change in the resources used other than the addition of MRI. So far, MRI appears to be a complement to, and not a substitute for, other imaging techniques used in neuroradiology. The focus of this work is purely economic; its conclusions do not challenge the major scientific contributions of MRI.
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