Latest statistics damning indictment on French MRI services
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
France continues to lag behind the rest of Europe when it comes to the MRI services it offers. With 7.5 MRI machines per million inhabitants, it has half the number of MRI machines it needs to manage the current level of demand in the country, according to an annual survey carried out on behalf of the French association Healthcare Imaging in the Future (Isa).
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