Annual medical visits by Medicare-age (>=65 years old) persons resulting in medical imaging trended consistently downward, from 12.8% in 2003 to 10.6% in 2011.
Source: "Trends in the Utilization of Medical Imaging From 2003 to 2011: Clinical Encounters Offer a Complementary Patient-Centered Focus," Journal of the American College of Radiology, abstract only, July 2013, http://www.jacr.org/article/S1546-1440(13)00145-2/abstract
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