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Data were collected from the 2018 statistical yearbook of Henan province and the OECD database, available at https://stats.oecd.org/.
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The authors declare that there is no conflict of interest.
Funding
This work was supported by the National Key R&D Program of China: Research on the assessment of the MRI and its clinical application [grant number 2016YFC0106900].
Authors’ contributions
YYC, JLC, and XLH contributed to the conception and framework of the study. YW and HS contributed to the conception and analysis of this study. JQH contributed to the GIS mapping. XLH wrote the final manuscript. All authors were involved in data collection. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
Acknowledgements
We are grateful for the support of the Ministry of Science and Technology of China, as well as the project leader’s institution for their support and their efforts related to the project implementation and data collection. We thank all the hospitals and radiologists who participated in this study. We also appreciate the support from NHC, who gave the general information of MRI installation in Henan province. Finally, we thank our research assistants for their significant contribution to data collection and data entry.
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Xiaoling Huang: PhD Candidate; Key Lab of Health Technology Assessment, NHC; School of Public Health, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
Research Interests: Health technology assessment
Yan Wei: PhD; Key Lab of Health Technology Assessment, NHC; School of Public Health, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
Research Interests: Health technology assessment; hospital management
Hui Sun: PhD Candidate, Key Lab of Health Technology Assessment, NHC; School of Public Health, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
Research Interests: Health technology assessment
Jiaqi Huang: Master Candidate, School of Public Health, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
Research Interests: Epidemiology and biostatistics
Yingyao Chen: Professor of Health Services; Associate Dean, School of Public Health; Director, NHC Key Lab of Health Technology Assessment; Director, WHO Collaborating Center for HTA and Management
Fudan University
Research Interests: Health technology assessment; hospital management
Jingliang Cheng: Director of the department of magnetic resonance, The First affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University
Research Interests: Magnetic resonance imaging and molecular imaging