Table 3 Correlation coefficients (with 95% CIs) between the detection rate and conversion rate by year and aggregated over all available years for each database

From: General practice performance in referral for suspected cancer: influence of number of cases and case-mix on publicly reported data

 

NHS Grampian

NHS England

Year

Coefficient a

95% CI

P -value

Coefficient a

95% CI

P -value

2006

0.18

−0.13 to 0.47

0.21

—

—

—

2007

0.28

−0.05 to 0.48

0.05

—

—

—

2008

0.13

−0.07 to 0.38

0.32

—

—

—

2009

0.28

0.08 to 0.53

0.01

—

—

—

2010

0.27

0.06 to 0.44

0.02

0.24

0.21 to 0.26

<0.001

2011

0.26

0.03 to 0.48

0.03

0.26

0.23 to 0.28

<0.001

2012

0.08

−0.25 to 0.35

0.48

0.25

0.23 to 0.27

<0.001

2013

—

—

—

0.24

0.22 to 0.27

<0.001

Aggregated 2006–2012

−0.22

−0.41 to 0.08

0.08

   

2009–2012

−0.16

−0.34 to 0.01

0.12

   

2010–2013

   

0.12

0.09 to 0.14

<0.001

  1. Abbreviation: CI=confidence interval.
  2. aSpearman correlation coefficient with bootstrapped 95% confidence intervals.
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