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. 2015 Oct 20;16(5):602–610. doi: 10.5811/westjem.2015.6.25432

Table 3.

Pre-post differences in seasonally-matched raw and normalized productivity metrics for the combined sample. Raw data are designated with an R and normalized with an N. Pair-wise comparisons could be done for all months for 62 providers.

Metric Month paired 2011 Mean 2012 Mean Diff 95% CI % change p-value
RVU/hr September (R) 5.81 6.44 0.32 0.32–0.93 5.51% <0.01
September (N) 0.0013 0.0014 0.8×10−4 0.1×10−4–1.4×10−4 8.06% 0.03
October (R) 5.45 6.00 0.21 0.21–0.88 3.85% <0.01
October (N) 0.0015 0.0017 1.6 ×10−4 0.7×10−4–2.5×10−4 13.6% <0.01
November (R) 5.49 5.99 0.18 0.18–0.82 3.28% <0.01
November (N) 0.0013 0.0014 1.0 ×10−4 0.1×10−4–1.8×10−4 10.2% 0.03
December (R) 5.48 5.99 0.52 0.22–0.81 9.49% <0.01
December (N) 0.0017 0.0017 0.3 ×10−4 −0.6×10−4–1.1×10−4 2.64% 0.57
RVU/pt September (R) 2.88 3.09 0.21 0.12–0.31 7.29% <0.01
September (N) 0.0007 0.0007 0.1 ×10−4 −0.1×10−4–0.3×10−4 1.84% 0.39
October (R) 2.86 3.07 0.21 0.10–0.32 7.34% <0.01
October (N) 0.0008 0.0009 0.7 ×10−4 0.3×10−4–0.1×10−4 7.83% <0.01
November (R) 2.91 2.98 0.07 −0.21–0.15 2.41% 0.14
November (N) 0.0007 0.0007 0 −0.2×10−4−0.2×10−4 −0.33% 0.98
December (R) 2.92 3.04 0.12 0.02–0.22 4.11% 0.02
December (N) 0.0009 0.0009 −0.3 ×10−4 −0.6×10−4–0.0×10−4 −3.45% 0.08
Pt/hr September (R) 2.05 2.13 0.09 −0.05–0.22 4.39% 0.21
September (N) 0.0005 0.0005 0 −0.3×10−4–0.3×10−4 2.41% 0.86
October(R) 1.92 1.99 0.07 −0.08–0.21 3.65% 0.37
October (N) 0.0005 0.0006 0.2 ×10−4 −0.2×10−4–0.5×10−4 7.37% 0.36
November(R) 1.92 2.04 0.12 −0.01–0.25 6.25% 0.71
November (N) 0.0004 0.0005 0.2 ×10−4 −0.1×10−4–0.5×10−4 8.45% 0.23
December (R) 1.89 2.01 0.12 −0.00–0.23 6.35% 0.06
December (N) 0.0006 0.0006 −0.1 ×10−4 −0.5×10−4–0.2×10−4 −0.76% 0.37

RVU, relative value units; Pt, patient