Table 1.
Improvement of the four quality indicators after the implementation of the continuous quality improvement program.
| Patients cohorts N per Era: 1, 2, and 3 |
SAR, % (CI) | CCR, % (CI) | ADR, % (CI) | CR, % (CI) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Era 1 | Era 2 | Era 3 | Era 1 | Era 2 | Era 3 | Era 1 | Era 2 | Era 3 | Era 1 | Era 2 | Era 3 | |
| (A) N = 1213,1159,617 |
41.5 (38.7–44.3) |
63.5a
(60.7–66.3) |
86.5b,c
(83.8–89.2) |
3.4 (2.4–4.4) |
1.9a
(1.1–2.7) |
0.3b,c
(0–0.7) |
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| (B) N = 1167,1107,604 |
42 (39.2–44.8) |
65.2a
(62.4–68) |
87.6b,c
(85–90.2) |
88.3 (86.5–90.1) |
90.6 (88.9–92.3) |
96.4b,c
(94.9–97.9) |
3.4 (2.4–4.4) |
2 (1.2–2.8) |
0.3b,c
(0–0.7) |
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| (C) N = 324,402,234 |
41 (35.6–46.4) |
68.7a
(64.2–73.2) |
88.5b,c
(84.4–92.6) |
93.2 (90.0–95.9) |
95.3 (93.2–97.4) |
98.3c
(96.6–100) |
25.9 (21.1–30.7) |
30.6 (26.1–35.1) |
35.0c
(28.9–41.1) |
2.5 (0.8–4.2) |
1.5 (0.3–2.7) |
0.9 (0–2.1) |
N: number of colonoscopies; SAR: sedation administration rate; CI: confidence interval; CCR: colonoscopy completion rate; ADR: adenoma detection rate; CR: early complications rate; asignificance over Era 1; bsignificance over Era 2; csignificance over Era 1 during Era 3.