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Table 5 Overall percentage agreement (ID expert: 1,2- radiology, 3,4- Emergency Department Physician) before and after consulting the ESR iGuide

From: Does clinical decision support system promote expert consensus for appropriate imaging referrals? Chest–abdominal–pelvis CT as a case study

Measure

Difference pair 1 and 2

Difference pair 1 and 3

Difference pair 2 and 3

Difference pair 1 and 4

Difference pair 2 and 4

Difference pair 3 and 4

A. Before consulting the ESR iGuide

Original rating (Range 1–7)

Total count of 0 in difference column

20

10

13

13

20

41

Total ratings

100

100

100

100

100

100

Proportion agreement

0.2

0.1

0.13

0.13

0.2

0.41

Percentage agreement

20%

10%

13%

13%

20%

41%

Overall percentage agreement

19.50%

Total count of 0 in difference column

44

36

57

37

54

51

Total ratings

100

100

100

100

100

100

Proportion agreement

0.44

0.36

0.57

0.37

0.54

0.51

Percentage agreement

44%

36%

57%

37%

54%

51%

Overall percentage agreement

46.50%

Measure

Difference pair 1 and 2

Difference pair 1 and 3

Difference pair 2 and 3

Difference pair 1 and 4

Difference pair 2 and 4

Difference pair 3 and 4

B After consulting the ESR iGuide

Original rating (Range 1–7)

Total count of 0 in difference column

43

42

36

33

21

51

Total ratings

100

100

100

100

100

100

Proportion agreement

0.43

0.42

0.36

0.33

0.21

0.51

Percentage agreement

43%

42%

36%

33%

21%

51%

Overall percentage agreement

37.67%

Total count of 0 in difference column

73

78

70

68

63

71

Total ratings

100

100

100

100

100

100

Proportion agreement

0.73

0.78

0.7

0.68

0.63

0.71

Percentage agreement

73%

78%

70%

68%

63%

71%

Overall percentage agreement

70.50%

  1. Calculations shown for original rating and for three-class variable
  2. Three-class variable (Range 0–2; Transform 1–2- > 0; 3- 5 > 1; 6–7 > 2)