The use of low-value imaging: the role of referral practice and access to imaging services in a representative area of Norway

Insights into Imaging

Table 2 Referral practice by experience

Occupational group	Experience < 10 years			Experience > 10 years
Occupational group	CW-examinations (n)	Referrers (n)	Rate	CW-examinations (n)	Referrers (n)	Rate
General practitioners	845	11	77	2468	36	69
Doctors without specialisation	747	11	68	610	10	61
Specialists (neurology, orthopaedics, Ear-nose-throat)	69	1	69	1477	16	92
Other	54	1	54	–	–	0
Total	1715	24	268	4555	62	222

Number of examinations and the number of referrers by occupational group and experience as well as examination rates per occupational group