One additional aspect to this is cost to buy the equipment.
This wouldn't be used at a small hospital, but major stroke centers.
And those places already have current technology of angiography to use.
Unless there is some demonstrated improvement in outcomes, hospitals aren't going to lay out capital just because it's something new. You have to show a clear benefit that will result in less costs in some way (decreased morbidity / mortality, decreased length of stay, etc)
(This comes from a decade and a half dealing with tertiary care centers and capital expenditure requests.)
This wouldn't be used at a small hospital, but major stroke centers.
And those places already have current technology of angiography to use.
Unless there is some demonstrated improvement in outcomes, hospitals aren't going to lay out capital just because it's something new. You have to show a clear benefit that will result in less costs in some way (decreased morbidity / mortality, decreased length of stay, etc)
(This comes from a decade and a half dealing with tertiary care centers and capital expenditure requests.)
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