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The European Journal of Public Health 1998 8(2):140-142; doi:10.1093/eurpub/8.2.140
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Evaluation of the use of ultrasonography in primary care

HEDI DECREY1, FRANÇOIS VERDON2, BERNARD BURNAND3, ALAIN PÉCOUD1 and MICHEL BURNIER1

1University Medical Out-patients Department Lausanne, Switzerland
2Primary Care Physician Group, University Medical Out-patients Department Lausanne, Switzerland
3University Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine Lausanne, Switzerland

Dr. Hedl Decrey, MD, Policlinique Médicale Universitaire, Rue César-Roux 19, CH-1005 Lausanne, Switzerland, tel +41 21 3452222, fax +41 21 3452323

Ultrasonography is proposed as a useful diagnostic aid for primary care physicians. This prospective study describes the demand for ultrasound examinations, excluding heart, vessels and pregnancy monitoring, in primary care in Switzerland. Eleven independent physicians requested an average of 2.7 ultrasound examinations per month and 18 residents 1.9 per month, which was similar to the figure of 2.2 obtained in a population-based study of 82 primary care physicians serving a region of 80, 000 inhabitants. Current demand for ultrasound scanning is low and does not indicate systematic training of primary care physicians until the efficacy of ultrasonography in this setting has been shown.

Keywords: demand, primary care physicians, ultrasound scanning


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