Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Trends in Cardiothoracic Imaging

Figure 2

Chest radiograph utilization. (a) Daily chest radiograph utilization for 2020 and 2019, respectively. In 2020, there were statistically significantly fewer radiographs obtained, and there was a trend of decreased utilization throughout the course of the pandemic. (b) Daily trends in portable chest radiograph utilization for 2020 and 2019, showing increasing use as the pandemic peaked and then declining as fewer patients were hospitalized. Dashed lines represent polynomial lines of best fit.

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