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. 2014 Dec 23;28(3):272–282. doi: 10.1007/s10278-014-9751-7

Table 6.

Outcomes of the metrics with P values of statistical tests

All Oncological Non-oncological Significant difference? P value
N 100.0 (140/140) 42.9 (60/140) 57.1 (80/140)
CI—Mention/Specialization 40.7 (57/140) 58.3 (35/60) 27.5 (22/80) Yesb 0.0005a
CI—Generalization 16.4 (23/140) 30.0 (18/60) 6.3 (5/80) Yesb 0.0004a
CI—Common comorbidity 6.4 (9/140) 3.3 (2/60) 8.8 (7/80) Nob 0.3446a
CI—No mention 36.4 (51/140) 8.3 (5/60) 57.5 (46/80) Yesb <0.0001a
Hx—Mention/Specialization 62.1 (87/140) 83.3 (50/60) 46.3 (37/80) Yesb <0.0001a
Hx—Generalization 7.1 (10/140) 13.3 (8/60) 2.5 (2/80) Yesb 0.0330a
Hx—Common comorbidity 6.4 (9/140) 1.7 (1/60) 10.0 (8/80) Nob 0.1007a
Hx—No mention 24.3 (34/140) 1.7 (1/60) 41.3 (33/80) Yesb <0.0001a
No documented evidence 24.0 (33/140) 0.0 (0/60) 41.3 (33/80) Yesb <0.0001a
Improvement rate 46.0 (38/83) 80.0 (20/25) 31.0 (18/58) Yesb 0.0001a
Refinement rate 63.0 (20/32) 75.0 (15/20) 41.7 (5/12) Nob 0.1314a
Treasure hunt rate 35.0 (18/51) 100.0 (5/5) 28.3 (13/46) Yesb 0.0070a
Stat Regular Significant difference? P value ICD-9 only ICD-9 and manual Significant difference? P value
N 17.9 (25/140) 82.1 (115/140) 39.3 (55/140) 60.7 (85/140)
CI—Mention/Specialization 36.0 (9/25) 41.7 (48/115) Nob 0.7605a 20.0 (11/55) 54.1 (46/85) Yesb 0.0001a
CI—Generalization 0.0 (0/25) 20.0 (23/115) Yesb 0.0317a 30.9 (17/55) 7.1 (6/85) Yesb 0.0005a
CI—Common comorbidity 4.0 (1/25) 7.0 (8/115) Nob 0.9232a 9.1 (5/55) 4.7 (4/85) Nob 0.4963a
CI—No mention 60.0 (15/25) 31.3 (36/115) Yesb 0.0134a 40.0 (22/55) 34.1 (29/85) Nob 0.5985a
Hx—Mention/Specialization 52.0 (13/25) 64.3 (74/115) Yesb 0.0045a 69.1 (38/55) 57.6 (49/85) Nob 0.2360a
Hx—Generalization 0.0 (0/25) 8.7 (10/115) Nob 0.2706a 5.5 (3/55) 8.2 (7/85) Nob 0.7734a
Hx—Common comorbidity 0.0 (0/25) 7.8 (9/115) Nob 0.3192a 7.3 (4/55) 5.9 (5/85) Nob 0.9799a
Hx—No mention 48.0 (12/25) 19.1 (22/115) Yesb 0.0052a 18.2 (10/55) 28.2 (24/85) Nob 0.2489a
No documented evidence 48.0 (12/25) 18.3 (21/115) Yesb 0.0035a 18.2 (10/55) 27.1 (23/85) Nob 0.3150a
Improvement rate 25.0 (4/16) 50.7 (34/67) Nob 0.1146a 65.9 (29/44) 23.1 (9/39) Yesb 0.0002a
Refinement rate 100.0 (1/1) 61.3 (19/31) Nob 1.0000a 77.3 (17/22) 30.0 (3/10) Yesb 0.0303a
Treasure hunt rate 20.0 (3/15) 41.7 (15/36) Nob 0.2486a 54.5 (12/22) 20.7 (6/29) Yesb 0.0271a

aChi-squared test result not reliable

bSignificant with respect to Bonferonni-adjusted α = 0.001388889 (0.05 / [3 × 12])