Table 4 Year to year correlation coefficients (95% confidence interval) for detection rate and conversion rate from GP practices in England

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

   

Year to year correlation (95% confidence interval) a

Cancer Cases (per year)

Years

Practices

Detection rate

Conversion rate

N=6–25

2010 vs 2011

1353

0.21 (0.15 to 0.26)

0.60 (0.56 to 0.63)

 

2011 vs 2012

1384

0.16 (0.11 to 0.22)

0.60 (0.56 to 0.64)

 

2012 vs 2013

1401

0.16 (0.11 to 0.21)

0.60 (0.56 to 0.64)

N=26–50

2010 vs 2011

2416

0.28 (0.24 to 0.32)

0.48 (0.45 to 0.51)

 

2011 vs 2012

2471

0.20 (0.16 to 0.24)

0.52 (0.49 to 0.55)

 

2012 vs 2013

2443

0.22 (0.18 to 0.26)

0.53 (0.50 to 0.56)

N=51–75

2010 vs 2011

875

0.29 (0.23 to 0.35)

0.55 (0.50 to 0.59)

 

2011 vs 2012

1008

0.22 (0.16 to 0.27)

0.50 (0.45 to 0.54)

 

2012 vs 2013

1108

0.21 (0.15 to 0.26)

0.52 (0.47 to 0.56)

N>75

2010 vs 2011

250

0.33 (0.20 to 0.45)

0.58 (0.48 to 0.67)

 

2011 vs 2012

316

0.29 (0.19 to 0.39)

0.55 (0.46 to 0.62)

 

2012 vs 2013

394

0.35 (0.27 to 0.43)

0.63 (0.56 to 0.69)

All practices

2010 vs 2011

4894

0.26 (0.23 to 0.29)

0.53 (0.51 to 0.55)

 

2011 vs 2012

5179

0.20 (0.17 to 0.22)

0.54 (0.52 to 0.57)

 

2012 vs 2013

5346

0.21 (0.19 to 0.24)

0.55 (0.53 to 0.57)

All NHS Grampian

2006 vs 2007

38

0.26 (−0.07 to 0.55)

0.3 (−0.01 to 0.58)

 

2007 vs 2008

41

0.47 (0.2 to 0.66)

0.48 (0.21 to 0.68)

 

2008 vs 2009

62

0.25 (−0.01 to 0.42)

0.47 (0.27 to 0.61)

 

2009 vs 2010

74

0.28 (0.09 to 0.44)

0.41 (0.16 to 0.61)

 

2010 vs 2011

72

−0.01 (−0.24 to 0.21)

0.05 (−0.18 to 0.25)

 

2011 vs 2012

73

0.1 (−0.11 to 0.33)

0.2 (−0.01 to 0.39)

  1. aSpearman rank correlation coefficient with bootstrapped 95% confidence intervals.