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Research by Van den Broek-Altenburg and Colleagues Reveals Effects of 2022 Contrast Shortage

Larner in the Media

Health & Medicine

September 18, 2026

By Office of Medical Communications

Radiology Business: The 2022 contrast shortage changed CT patterns, driving higher costs and longer stays (SEP 18, 2026)

Larner researchers Eline M. van den Broek-Altenburg, Ph.D., Kristen K. DeStigter, M.D., and Dmitriy Akselrod, M.D., were co-authors of a study on how the contrast shortage of 2022 impacted hospitals’ bottom lines, affected departments’ workflows and substantially altered CT utilization and patients’ length of stay.