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Table 1 CT scan ordering rates by scan subtype and experimental group in the pre- and post-intervention periods

From: Accuracy of emergency physicians’ self-estimates of CT scan utilization and its potential effect on an audit and feedback intervention: a randomized trial

 

Intervention condition

Control condition

 

Pre

Post

t

p

Pre

Post

t

p

N ordered per 100 patients seen

m (SD)

m (SD)

m (SD)

m (SD)

All CTs

35.7 (10.0)

40.3 (11.8)

4.13

< 0.001

33.9 (9.2)

38.9 (11.9)

3.94

0.001

Abdominal/pelvic CT

10.6 (2.9)

10.8 (3.3)

0.56

0.58

9.3 (2.7)

9.5 (3.0)

0.82

0.42

Head CT

9.4 (3.2)

10.9 (3.6)

2.22

0.04

9.7 (2.6)

10.5 (3.0)

1.78

0.09

Spine CT

3.5 (1.9)

3.5 (1.5)

-0.02

0.99

3.4 (1.4)

3.5 (1.5)

0.67

0.51

Pulmonary embolism CT

2.5 (1.1)

2.6 (1.3)

0.31

0.76

2.3 (1.0)

2.5 (1.1)

1.52

0.14