Energy consumption of VA hospital CT scans

Amin Esmaeili, Mohammad; S. Jahromi, Ashkan; Twomey, Janet; Yildirim, Bayram; Overcash, Michael; Elsken, Tyson; Dominquez, Fernando; Thomas, Nicholas; Mcadam, Ashlee

doi:10.1109/issst.2011.5936892

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Energy consumption of VA hospital CT scans

Published • May 1, 2011

Authors:

Mohammad Amin Esmaeili

Ashkan S. Jahromi

Janet Twomey

Abstract

The United States healthcare spending was about $7,681 per resident and accounted for 16.2% of the nation's GDP in 2008 and rose to compromise about 18% of the nation's GDP by 2010. As healthcare sector continues to grow so will its consumption of nonrenewable resources such as energy. Most of the a...

Subject

Energy consumption

Health care

Consumption (sociology)

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