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. 2016 Dec 2;32(4):434–448. doi: 10.1007/s11606-016-3917-6

Table 2.

Ordering Rates by Arm, Clinician Type, and Order Type, 2014

Clinicians receiving:
Control Single median price Paired internal/external median prices
All clinicians, N 407 396 402
Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD p-value*
 Overall 15.0 31.1 15.0 16.2 15.7 20.5 0.88
 Designated to be completed internally 4.0 6.9 4.3 7.6 4.5 8.2 0.63
 Inappropriate 0.3 0.6 0.3 0.5 0.3 0.8 0.60
 Appropriate 1.9 4.7 1.8 3.6 2.0 4.1 0.82
Primary care, N 235 250 243
Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD
 Overall 11.6 10.6 11.8 8.1 12.2 8.8 0.75
 Designated to be completed internally 3.0 3.9 3.5 3.7 3.6 3.7 0.19
 Inappropriate 0.3 0.6 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.8 0.25
 Appropriate 1.1 1.9 1.2 1.9 1.4 2.2 0.40
Specialists, N 172 146 159
Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD
 Overall 19.6 45.8 20.5 23.5 21.1 29.9 0.92
 Designated to be completed internally 5.4 9.5 5.8 11.4 5.9 12.0 0.90
 Inappropriate 0.3 0.8 0.2 0.6 0.2 0.6 0.74
 Appropriate 2.8 6.8 2.9 5.3 3.0 5.8 0.98

*One-way analysis of variance