Table 3.
Indication by referring physician and endoscopist for all findings.
| Indication referral (%; 95% CI) or mean (std) (n = 1045)∗ |
Endoscopist indication (%; 95% CI) or mean (std) (n = 1045)∗ |
|
|---|---|---|
| Indication 01 or 02, immediate or urgent ≤ 14 days | 2.0 (1.2; 2.9) | 3.6 (2.5; 4.8)∗∗ |
| Indication 03, semielective ≤ 60 days | 1.4 (0.7; 2.2) | 0.3 (0.0; 0.6) |
| Indication 04, semielective ≤ 60 days | 7.2 (5.6; 8.7) | 8.5 (6.8; 10.2) |
| Indication 05, semielective ≤ 60 days | 2.2 (1.3; 3.1) | 1.6 (0.9; 2.4) |
| Indication 06, semielective ≤ 60 days | 8.2 (6.6; 9.9) | 7.1 (5.5; 8.6) |
| Indication 07, semielective ≤ 60 days | 7.6 (6.0; 9.2) | 3.9 (2.7; 5.1) |
| Indication 08 or 09, elective ≤ 6 months | 11.4 (9.5; 13.3) | 18.8 (16.4; 21.1) |
| Indication 10, elective ≤ 6 months | 1.5 (0.8; 2.3) | 1.4 (0.7; 2.2) |
| Indication 11, screening | 36.7 (33.7; 39.6) | 37.5 (34.6; 40.5) |
| Indication 12, elective ≤ 6 months | 8.0 (6.4; 9.7) | 3.8 (2.7; 5.0) |
| Indications 13 to 16, follow-up | 13.8 (11.7; 15.9) | 13.1 (11.1; 15.2) |
| Weighted kappa | 0.52 (0.48; 0.57) | |
∗185 missing indications (only indications provided on the CTS form).
∗∗Includes no endoscopist indication corresponding to a P1 priority rating as no such patients were colonoscoped as outpatients; all were referred through the emergency room or as inpatients.