 Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)
Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 1,128 | Scans aren't cheap here, but they would likely be cheaper if they did more of them -- You divide the cost of the machine by the expected number of scans in its useful life to find what it costs you per scan -- If you don't take enough scans, it costs a lot per scan! Same thing goes for the guy running the machine and the Doc who reads the scan.
Sometimes the financially ignorant are behind these "savings" moves.
Age 67 1/2
Ventral Tongue SCC T2N0M0G1 10/05
Anterior Tongue SCC T2N0M0G2 6/08
Base of Tongue SCC T2N0M0G2 12/08
Three partial glossectomy (10/05,11/05,6/08), PEG, 37 XRT 66.6 Gy 1/06
Neck dissection, trach, PEG & forearm free flap (6/08)
Total glossectomy, trach, PEG & thigh free flap (12/08)
On August 21, 2010 at 9:20 am, Pete went off to play with the ratties in the sky.
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