National inventory of authorized diagnostic imaging equipment in Ghana: data as of September 2020.
Diagnostic Equipment
/ standards
Diagnostic Imaging
/ instrumentation
Fluoroscopy
/ instrumentation
Ghana
/ epidemiology
Health Equity
/ statistics & numerical data
Health Facilities
/ statistics & numerical data
Healthcare Disparities
/ statistics & numerical data
Humans
Mammography
/ instrumentation
Radiography
/ instrumentation
Diagnostic radiology
Ghana
equipment
medical imaging
population ratio
Journal
The Pan African medical journal
ISSN: 1937-8688
Titre abrégé: Pan Afr Med J
Pays: Uganda
ID NLM: 101517926
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2022
2022
Historique:
received:
02
07
2021
accepted:
03
03
2022
entrez:
20
7
2022
pubmed:
21
7
2022
medline:
22
7
2022
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
to address the challenge of inadequate and non-equitable distribution of diagnostic imaging equipment, countries are encouraged to evaluate the distribution of installed systems and undertake adequate monitoring to ensure equitability. Ghana´s medical imaging resources have been analyzed in this study and evaluated against the status in other countries. data on registered medical imaging equipment were retrieved from the database of the Nuclear Regulatory Authority and analyzed. The equipment/population ratio was mapped out graphically for the 16 regions of Ghana. Comparison of the equipment/population ratio was made with the situation in other countries. six hundred and seventy-four diagnostic imaging equipment units from 266 medical imaging facilities (2.5 units/facility), comprising computed tomography (CT), general X-ray, dental X-ray, single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) gamma camera, fluoroscopy, mammography and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) were surveyed nationally. None of the imaging systems measured above the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) average imaging units per million populations (u/mp). The overall equipment/population ratio estimated nationally was 21.4 u/mp. Majority of the imaging systems were general X-ray, installed in the Greater Accra and Ashanti regions. The regional estimates of equipment/population ratios were Greater Accra (49.6 u/mp), Ashanti (22.4 u/mp), Western (21.4 u/mp), Eastern (20.6 u/mp), Bono East (20.0 u/mp), Bono (19.2 u/mp), Volta (17.9 u/mp), Upper West (16.7 u/mp), Oti (12.5 u/mp), Central (11.9 u/mp), Northern (8.9 u/mp), Ahafo (8.9 u/mp), Upper East (6.9 u/mp), Western North (6.7 u/mp), Savannah (5.5 u/mp) and North-East (1.7 u/mp). medical imaging equipment shortfall exist across all imaging modalities in Ghana. A wide inter-regional disparity in the distribution of medical imaging equipment exists contrary to WHO´s recommendation for equitable distribution. A concerted national plan will be needed to address the disparity.
Identifiants
pubmed: 35855027
doi: 10.11604/pamj.2022.41.301.30635
pii: PAMJ-41-301
pmc: PMC9250666
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
301Informations de copyright
Copyright: Bright Kwadwo Bour et al.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors declare no competing interest.
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