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Internal Medicine Patient with Radiological Procedures. Pre- and Post-PACS Patient Stay
| Internal medicine patients | Patients treated | Mean (days) | Standard deviation (days) | Median (days) | Q3–Q1 (days) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-PACS (1/1/03–30/6/03) | 526 | 13.0 | 8.7 | 11.1 | 10.1 |
| With PACS (1/1/04–30/6/04) | 497 | 11.7 | 7.4 | 10.0 | 9.5 |
| Improvement/change | −6% | 10% | 15% | 10% | 6% |
| P = value | 0.011 | 0.000/F-test) | 0.047 | 0.045 (Levene) |
