Table 2.

Referrals and outcomes for the 8682 patients in the study

Outcome	Immediate reporting	Standard reporting
Total patients	4096	4586
Lung cancer suspected
Yes	1326 (32.4)	1511 (33.0)
No	2757 (67.3)	3062 (66.7)
Known	13 (0.3)	13 (0.3)
2ww referral
Yes	150 (3.7)	189 (4.1)
No	3946 (96.3)	4397 (95.9)
Total cancers diagnosed (%)	27 (0.7)	22 (0.5)
Cancer diagnosis days
Median, IQR	32 (19, 70)	63 (29, 78)*
Mean (SD)	47.2 (35.8)	81.6 (78.5)
Discharge days (no lung cancer)
Median (IQR)	30 (17, 64)	27 (14, 61)
Mean (SD)	54.4 (60.4)	50.3 (63.7)

*P=0.03.