Summary of differences in volumes of MR neuroimaging examinations interpreted by radiologists versus nonradiologists in a 5% national Medicare sample
Day of Weeka | Site of Servicea | Patient Complexitya (Mean CCI) | |||||
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Weekday | Weekend | ED | Inpatient | Outpatient | Office | ||
Radiologists | 475,288 | 52,028 | 21,393 | 124,511 | 227,055 | 152,487 | 0.58 |
Nonradiologists | 39,510 | 1597 | 303 | 1579 | 2180 | 36,890 | 0.40 |
Note:—ED indicates emergency department.
↵a P < .001.