Table 4. National campaign: number of chest X-rays and chest with/without abdomen CT scans, May-July compared with April 2012 and 2013a.
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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).
Data for 2013 are interim data (finalised data were not available at the time of analysis).
Mostly NHS trusts, but also includes independent organisations too. Numbers of organisations submitting data each period are included in the Supplementary Results.
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.