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Table 4 Comparison of major vs. minor hospitals’ radiology report turnaround time by modalities —04 September 2017–22 December 2017 vs. 03 September 2018–21 December 2018

From: Subspecialized radiological reporting reduces radiology report turnaround time

Major hospitals								Minor hospitals
	n		Median [min]		80th percentile [min]		p value (r value)	n		Median [min]		80th percentile [min]		p value (r value)
Period	2017	2018	2017	2018	2017	2018		2017	2018	2017	2018	2017	2018
All modalities
1st signature	26,524	27,356	32	34	78	81	*< .001 (r = 0.02)**	9906	10,446	32	24	92	62	*< .001 (r = 0.12)**
2nd signature	13,195	11,868	117	110	288	245	*< .001 (r = 0.03)**	3270	3663	125	91	300	198	*< .001 (r = 0.15)**
CT
1st signature	6897	7274	33	42	71	92	*< .001 (r = 0.14)**	2150	2459	40	38	108	83	*.01 (r = 0.04)**
2nd signature	3799	3677	86	109	162	212	*< .001 (r = 0.16)**	746	997	93	111	204	224	*< .001 (r = 0.09)**
Conventional radiographs
1st signature	12,311	12,170	26	19	63	49	*< .001 (r = 0.13)**	7756	7987	30	20	88	54	*< .001 (r = 0.16)**
2nd signature	5724	4032	110	73	248	156	*< .001 (r = 0.21)**	2524	2666	137	83	331	189	*< .001 (r = 0.23)**

min minutes, CT computed tomography. *Significant p value

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