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. 2012 Dec 14;2(6):e001255. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2012-001255

Table 4.

Overall correlation matrix among volumes, efficiency, capacity, waiting times and recourse to private providers

    MRI
CT
Efficiency
Capacity
Private Volumes
Times Efficiency
Capacity
Private Volumes
Times
Scan efficiency Radiologist efficiency Staff efficiency Scan per inhabitants Radiologist per inhabitants Staff per inhabitants Percentage of service delivered by private Use rates Public use rates Waiting Times Scan efficiency Radiologist efficiency Staff efficiency Scan per inhabitants Radiologist per inhabitants Staff per inhabitants Percentage of service delivered by private Use rates Public use rates Waiting Times
Efficiency Scan efficiency 1 1
Radiologist efficiency −0.0788 1 0.2216 1
0.8078 0.4888
  Staff efficiency −0.5275 0.8131 1 0.4521 0.817 1
0.078 0.0013 0.14 0.0012
Capacity Scan per inhabitants −0.4495 0.8416 0.9104 1 −0.6173 0.4171 0.3067 1
0.1427 0.0006 0 0.0325 0.1773 0.3322
Radiologist per inhabitants 0.1887 0.4507 0.3739 0.596 1 −0.0299 −0.8122 −0.4847 −0.1716 1
0.557 0.1414 0.2312 0.0408 0.9265 0.0013 0.1103 0.5939
  Staff per inhabitants 0.6341 0.4748 0.02 0.2942 0.7496 1 −0.3789 −0.6572 −0.8259 −0.057 0.6346 1
0.0268 0.1189 0.9508 0.3533 0.005 0.2246 0.0202 0.0009 0.8604 0.0266
Private Percentage of service delivered by private 0.28 −0.8058 −0.8455 −0.9191 −0.741 −0.4352 1 −0.1636 −0.7513 −0.7322 −0.5105 0.522 0.6129 1
0.3781 0.0016 0.0005 0 0.0058 0.1573 0.6114 0.0049 0.0068 0.0899 0.0817 0.0341
Volumes Use rates 0.5402 0.5387 0.2023 0.1772 0.192 0.4798 −0.1129 1 0.0957 −0.4271 −0.2436 −0.2243 0.4802 0.1344 0.0725 1
0.0698 0.0707 0.5283 0.5816 0.55 0.1144 0.7268 0.7674 0.1662 0.4456 0.4834 0.1141 0.6772 0.8228
Public use rates −0.1335 0.9033 0.8429 0.9149 0.7373 0.5395 −0.9633 0.3634 1 0.263 0.3699 0.5014 0.2821 −0.1249 −0.4652 −0.8201 0.4483 1
0.6792 0.0001 0.0006 0 0.0062 0.0702 0 0.2457 0.4089 0.2366 0.0968 0.3743 0.6988 0.1275 0.0011 0.1439
Waiting times Waiting times −0.1195 0.1737 0.188 0.2542 0.0059 −0.0321 −0.0568 0.2384 0.1315 1 −0.0268 −0.1965 −0.1096 −0.274 0.0866 −0.0078 0.4088 0.1193 −0.3175 1
0.7113 0.5892 0.5584 0.4253 0.9856 0.9211 0.8607 0.4556 0.6837 0.9341 0.5404 0.7346 0.3887 0.789 0.9809 0.1871 0.712 0.3145

p Values in italics.