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Table 5 Comparison of major vs. minor hospitals’ radiology report turnaround time by subspecializations —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
Body radiology
1st signature	10,722	10,591	35	36	83	94	.46 (r = 0.01)	3368	3342	34	25	93	66	*< .001 (r = 0.15)**
2nd signature	5821	4295	115	131	256	277	*< .001 (r = 0.06)**	1114	1001	105	107	231	217	.61 (r = 0.01)
Musculoskeletal radiology
1st signature	10,042	10,915	29	27	74	66	*< .001 (r = 0.02)**	6096	6553	31	23	94	59	*< .001 (r = 0.12)**
2nd signature	4374	4343	114	79	269	157	*< .001 (r = 0.20)**	1997	2464	145	84	344	192	*< .001 (r = 0.24)**
Neuroradiology
1st signature	5760	5850	30	44	77	86	*< .001 (r = 0.16)**	442	551	26	31	78	65,6	.22 (r = 0.04)
2nd signature	3000	3230	131	141	423	346	*< .001 (r = 0.05)**	159	198	73	106	147	185	.004 (r = 0.15)

min minutes. *Significant p value

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