Results of thoracic radiologists’ reviews of radiographers’ and radiologists, reports, in 1361 cases where these differed
| Attribute of report | Review finding | Radiographer report (%) | Radiologist report (%) | Difference (CI) | Significance |
| Observation | Agree | 1133 (83.2) | 1145 (84.1) | −0.9% (−3.8 to 2.0) | p=0.5 |
| Disagree | 228 (16.8) | 216 (15.9) | |||
| Interpretation | Agree | 1119 (82.2) | 1138 (83.6) | −1.4% (−4.3 to 1.5) | p=0.3 |
| Disagree | 242 (17.8) | 223 (16.4) | |||
| Further recommendations | Agree | 1023 (75.2) | 986 (72.4) | 2.8% (−0.8 to 6.3) | p=0.1 |
| Disagree | 338 (24.8) | 375 (27.6) | |||
| Usefulness | Agree | 1250 (91.8) | 1196 (87.9) | 3.9% (1.6 to 6.3) | p<0.001 |
| Disagree | 111 (8.2) | 165 (12.1) | |||
| Accuracy | Agree | 839 (61.6) | 831 (61.1) | 0.6% (−3.6 to 4.8) | p=0.8 |
| Disagree | 522 (38.4) | 530 (38.9) |
A positive difference in agreement rates in the table implies that the thoracic radiologist agreed more often with the radiographer’s report and a negative value indicates that the thoracic radiologist agreed more often with the radiologist’s report.