Table 5 Number of chest x-rays and chest CT scans conducted.
From: Evaluation of a national lung cancer symptom awareness campaign in Wales
Number of tests (n) | Tests per day (adjusteda) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2015 | 2016 | 2015 | 2016 | % change | P-value | |
GP-referred chest X-rays | ||||||
Pre-campaign | 21714 | 23092 | 529.6 | 549.8 | 3.8 | |
Campaign | 19107 | 23585 | 444.3 | 548.5 | 23.4 | <0.001 |
Post-campaign | 21368 | 23409 | 485.6 | 544.4 | 12.1 | |
All chest X-rays | ||||||
Pre-campaign | 77763 | 79787 | 1896.7 | 1899.7 | 0.2 | |
Campaign | 73690 | 79686 | 1713.7 | 1853.2 | 8.1 | <0.001 |
Post-campaign | 77556 | 80912 | 1762.6 | 1881.7 | 6.8 | |
GP-referred chest CT scans | ||||||
Pre-campaign | 746 | 843 | 18.2 | 20.1 | 10.3 | |
Campaign | 780 | 855 | 18.1 | 19.9 | 9.6 | 0.06 |
Post-campaign | 678 | 791 | 15.4 | 18.4 | 19.4 | |
All Chest CT scans | ||||||
Pre-campaign | 5207 | 6040 | 127 | 143.8 | 13.2 | |
Campaign | 5244 | 5775 | 122 | 134.3 | 10.1 | <0.001 |
Post-campaign | 5390 | 5871 | 122.5 | 136.5 | 11.5 | |
