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. 2014 Dec 2;112(1):207–216. doi: 10.1038/bjc.2014.596

Table 4. National campaign: number of chest X-rays and chest with/without abdomen CT scans, May-July compared with April 2012 and 2013a.

 
 
Per day
Per working day
  No. of tests Tests/organisationb/day % Change from April P-value Tests/organisation/working dayc % Change from April P-value
GP-referred chest X-rays
2012              
 April 144 140 25.6 N/A 40.4 N/A
 May–July 566 045 32.8 +28.3 <0.001 47.9 +18.6 <0.001
2013              
 April 160 865 32.3 N/A 46.1 N/A
 May–July 404 115 26.7 −17.3 <0.001 38.4 −16.7 <0.001
All chest X-rays
2012              
 April 606 840 107.6 N/A 169.9 N/A
 May–July 1 993 105 115.4 +7.3 <0.001 168.6 −0.8 <0.001
2013              
 April 600 385 120.6 N/A 172.2 N/A
 May–July 1 624 980 107.5 −10.8 <0.001 154.5 −10.3 <0.001
GP-referred chest +/− abdomen CT scans
2012              
 April 2145 0.4 N/A 0.6 N/A
 May–July 8215 0.5 +25.1 <0.001 0.7 +15.7 <0.001
2013              
 April 2940 0.6 N/A 0.8 N/A
 May–July 8360 0.6 −6.3 0.014 0.8 −5.8 0.025
All chest +/− abdomen CT scans
2012              
 April 28 650 5.1 N/A 8.0 N/A
 May–July 98 455 5.7 +12.3 <0.001 8.3 +3.8 <0.001
2013              
 April 31 515 6.3 N/A 9.0 N/A
 May–July 92  580 6.1 −3.2 <0.001 8.8 −2.6 <0.001

Results in bold indicate a statistically significant change compared with April (likelihood ratio test of two counts; P<0.05).

a

Data for 2013 are interim data (finalised data were not available at the time of analysis).

b

Mostly NHS trusts, but also includes independent organisations too. Numbers of organisations submitting data each period are included in the Supplementary Results.

c

A 5-day working week excluding bank holidays (e.g., excludes Easter, Early May, Spring bank holidays, and Queen's Diamond Jubilee bank holiday). The difference before and after the working days adjustment for 2012 is, in part, due to the large proportion of non-working days in April compared with May–July.