Table 5.
Family physicians’ perceived wait times for results of diagnostic investigations, by province
| WAIT TIME FOR INVESTIGATION RESULTS | FULL SAMPLE, N (%) (N=1,054)* | PROVINCIAL COMPARISONS | FDR P VALUE | LOGISTIC REGRESSION | ||||
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| ONTARIO, N (%)(N=597)* | MANITOBA, N (%) (N=228)* | BRITISH COLUMBIA, N (%) (N=229)* | ONTARIO, OR (REFERENCE) | MANITOBA, OR (95% CI) | BRITISH COLUMBIA, OR (95% CI) | |||
| Upper GI endoscopy | .01 | |||||||
| • ≤ 1 wk | 363 (39.9) | 231 (44.9) | 64 (31.5) | 68 (35.1) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| • > 1 to 2 wk | 381 (41.8) | 202 (39.3) | 92 (45.3) | 87 (44.9) | 1.00 | 1.63 (1.08–2.48) | 1.48 (1.01–2.17) | |
| • > 2 wk | 167 (18.3) | 81 (15.8) | 47 (23.2) | 39 (20.1) | 1.00 | 2.29 (1.38–3.81) | 1.70 (1.04–2.77) | |
| Flexible sigmoidoscopy | .08 | |||||||
| • ≤ 1 wk | 319 (40.2) | 196 (45.4) | 55 (31.1) | 68 (37.0) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| • > 1 to 2 wk | 329 (41.5) | 173 (40.1) | 79 (44.6) | 77 (41.9) | 1.00 | 1.49 (0.96–2.33) | 1.25 (0.84–1.87) | |
| • > 2 wk | 145 (18.3) | 63 (14.6) | 43 (24.3) | 39 (21.2) | 1.00 | 2.49 (1.44–4.28) | 1.82 (1.10–3.03) | |
| Colonoscopy | < .001 | |||||||
| • ≤ 1 wk | 287 (31.8) | 222 (43.2) | 62 (30.7) | 3 (1.6) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| • > 1 to 2 wk | 311 (34.5) | 211 (41.1) | 91 (45.1) | 9 (4.8) | 1.00 | 1.65 (1.08–2.51) | 3.27 (0.87–12.31) | |
| • > 2 wk | 304 (33.7) | 81 (15.8) | 49 (24.3) | 174 (95.6) | 1.00 | 2.44 (1.47–4.07) | 171.1 (52.74–555.29) | |
| X-ray scan | .002 | |||||||
| • ≤ 1 wk | 947 (90.5) | 556 (93.9) | 194 (85.8) | 197 (80.0) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| • > 1 wk | 100 (9.6) | 36 (6.1) | 32 (14.2) | 32 (14.0) | 1.00 | 2.14 (1.20–3.81) | 2.20 (1.29–3.76) | |
| CT | .003 | |||||||
| • ≤ 1 wk | 741 (71.3) | 447 (76.0) | 149 (66.2) | 145 (64.2) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| • > 1 to 2 wk | 255 (25.4) | 126 (21.4) | 63 (28.0) | 66 (29.2) | 1.00 | 1.75 (1.18–2.61) | 1.63 (1.13–2.36) | |
| • > 2 wk | 43 (4.1) | 15 (2.6) | 13 (5.8) | 15 (6.6) | 1.00 | 1.78 (0.75–4.18) | 2.43 (1.12–5.30) | |
| MRI | < .001 | |||||||
| • ≤ 1 wk | 609 (61.3) | 396 (68.0) | 107 (50.7) | 106 (52.7) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| • > 1 to 2 wk | 316 (31.8) | 164 (28.2) | 82 (38.9) | 70 (34.8) | 1.00 | 1.95 (1.33–.85) | 1.50 (1.04–2.16) | |
| • > 2 wk | 69 (7.0) | 22 (3.8) | 22 (10.4) | 25 (12.4) | 1.00 | 2.68 (1.34–5.35) | 3.46 (1.84–6.50) | |
| Ultrasound | < .001 | |||||||
| • ≤ 1 wk | 814 (78.3) | 508 (86.3) | 140 (63.1) | 166 (72.5) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| • > 1 to 2 wk | 196 (18.9) | 75 (12.7) | 71 (32.0) | 50 (21.8) | 1.00 | 3.80 (2.49–5.80) | 2.00 (1.32 3.04) | |
| • > 2 wk | 30 (2.9) | 6 (1.0) | 11 (5.0) | 13 (5.7) | 1.00 | 4.94 (1.65–14.78) | 5.96 (2.18–16.34) | |
CT—computed tomography, FDR—false discovery rate, GI—gastrointestinal, MRI—magnetic resonance imaging, OR—odds ratio.
*
Not all respondents answered all questions. Proportions are calculated based on the number of responses to the question.