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Rural vs. urban demand for medical imaging personnel
1Department of Adult and Community College Education, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, USA.
Abstract:
Although there has been some anecdotal evidence regarding the demand for medical imaging personnel in the hospital setting, few statewide studies have documented the demand for such staff or compared data longitudinally. Using data from the North Carolina Council for Allied Health, the study reported in this article documented mean minimum hourly salaries and mean maximum hourly salaries, vacancy rates and time required to fill vacancies for nuclear medicine technologists, radiographers and ultrasonographers in rural and urban hospitals. Results indicated the vacancy rates were highest for ultrasonographers and lowest for radiographers. There were vacancy differences in rural compared to urban settings and for part-time compared to full-time employees.
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