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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Coll Radiol. 2020 Aug 7;17(11):1420–1428. doi: 10.1016/j.jacr.2020.07.019

Table 2.

Change in the proportion of facilities meeting specific benchmarks for call back and cancer detection in the Chicago Breast Cancer Quality Consortium (2006-2013).

Number
of time
points
available
for
analysis
Recall Rate Biopsy
recommendation
Rate
Cancer∣Abnormal
(PPV1)
Cancer∣Biopsied
(PPV3)
Screen Detection
Rate
Proportion Minimal Proportion early stage







Na %b Pc Na %b Pd Na %b Pc Na %b Pc Na %b Pc Na %b Pc Na %b Pc
2 time points 0.07 0.15
 1 53 64 53 55 53 36 53 45 53 60 53 68 53 68
 2 53 66 53 47 53 51 53 38 53 72 53 68 53 70
3 time points 0.06 0.01 0.06
 1 20 50 20 40 20 55 20 45 20 60 20 60 20 60
 2 20 45 20 40 20 60 20 60 20 65 20 80 20 95
 3 20 55 20 70 20 55 20 45 20 75 20 90 20 85
4 time points 0.03 <0.001 <0.001
 1 16 56 16 69 16 44 16 25 16 50 16 25 16 31
 2 16 56 16 50 16 44 16 44 16 50 16 63 16 56
 3 16 50 16 50 16 69 16 50 16 69 16 88 16 81
 4 16 56 16 63 16 31 16 38 16 75 16 88 16 94
5 time points 0.03 0.02 <0.001 <0.001
 1 25 56 25 60 25 40 25 52 25 72 25 24 25 16
 2 25 84 25 72 25 88 25 64 25 84 25 64 25 52
 3 25 76 25 64 25 56 25 76 25 64 25 96 25 96
 4 25 76 25 64 25 80 25 80 25 88 25 96 25 100
 5 25 68 25 72 25 72 25 72 25 84 25 92 25 92
Combined 0.17 0.005 0.007 0.004 <0.001 <0.001
 1 114 59 114 55 114 41 114 44 114 61 114 51 114 50
 2 114 65 114 52 114 60 114 48 114 70 114 68 114 68
 3 61 62 61 62 61 59 61 59 61 69 61 92 61 89
 4 41 68 41 63 41 61 41 63 41 83 41 93 41 98
 5 25 68 25 72 25 72 25 72 25 84 25 92 25 92
a

Number of facilities with data at specified time points.

b

Percentage of facilities meeting the benchmark at each time point.

c

P-values from a Wald test for trend via logistic regression with generalized estimating equations to account for clustering by facility. All P-values >0.20 are suppressed. Abbreviations: PPV1, positive predictive value 1; PPV3 positive predictive value 3.