Did You Know?

AVERAGE COST OF RADIOLOGIC EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE
AT 57 U.S. HOSPITALS IN 1910

Interest on cost of equipment ($1,102.63=the average in 57 hospitals) at 6%...........................................................$66.15
Depreciation per year, at 12%..................................$132.31
Insurance at approx. $1,000 valuation...........................$17.70
Repairs and improvements, per year.............................$100.00
Electricity, per year (light and power).........................$25.00
Tubes, per year.................................................$75.00
Cost of 2194 plates, all sizes, estimated at 35 cents..........$767.90
Cost of developers at 5 cents per plate........................$109.70
Total cost, per hospital for one year,.......................$1,293.76

(from "X-Ray Work in Radiology" by Stevens, R.; The American Quarterly of Roentgenology 1910;2:107-109).

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