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Family physician referral rates for lumbar spine computed tomography in Newfoundland and Labrador: a cross-sectional analysis using routinely collected data

Gabrielle S. Logan, Bethan Copsey, Holly Etchegary, Patrick Parfrey, Krista Mahoney and Amanda Hall
January 28, 2020 8 (1) E56-E59; DOI: https://doi.org/10.9778/cmajo.20190076
Gabrielle S. Logan
Faculty of Medicine (Logan, Etchegary, Parfrey, Mahoney, Hall), Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, Nfld.; Centre for Statistics in Medicine (Copsey), Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; Primary Health Research Unit (Hall), Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, Nfld.
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Bethan Copsey
Faculty of Medicine (Logan, Etchegary, Parfrey, Mahoney, Hall), Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, Nfld.; Centre for Statistics in Medicine (Copsey), Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; Primary Health Research Unit (Hall), Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, Nfld.
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Holly Etchegary
Faculty of Medicine (Logan, Etchegary, Parfrey, Mahoney, Hall), Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, Nfld.; Centre for Statistics in Medicine (Copsey), Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; Primary Health Research Unit (Hall), Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, Nfld.
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Patrick Parfrey
Faculty of Medicine (Logan, Etchegary, Parfrey, Mahoney, Hall), Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, Nfld.; Centre for Statistics in Medicine (Copsey), Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; Primary Health Research Unit (Hall), Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, Nfld.
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Krista Mahoney
Faculty of Medicine (Logan, Etchegary, Parfrey, Mahoney, Hall), Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, Nfld.; Centre for Statistics in Medicine (Copsey), Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; Primary Health Research Unit (Hall), Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, Nfld.
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Amanda Hall
Faculty of Medicine (Logan, Etchegary, Parfrey, Mahoney, Hall), Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, Nfld.; Centre for Statistics in Medicine (Copsey), Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; Primary Health Research Unit (Hall), Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, Nfld.
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    Table 1:

    Included patient referrals for lumbar spine computed tomography stratified by sex and age category

    Age category, yrNo. of records
    n = 14 370
    Female sex7795
     20–24132
     25–29249
     30–34356
     35–39497
     40–44718
     45–49863
     50–541051
     55–591020
     60–64966
     65–69850
     70–74525
     75–79314
     80–84168
     ≥ 8586
    Male sex6575
     20–24119
     25–29209
     30–34338
     35–39414
     40–44577
     45–49742
     50–54869
     55–59918
     60–64880
     65–69636
     70–74457
     75–79237
     80–84128
     ≥ 8551
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    Table 2:

    Rate ratios comparing age- and sex-standardized computed tomography rate estimates in adjacent years

    Year comparisonRate ratio* (95% CI)
    2014 to 20131.137 (1.084–1.194)
    2015 to 20141.117 (1.067–1.169)
    2016 to 20150.896 (0.857–0.938)
    • Note: CI = confidence interval.

    • ↵* Calculated by dividing the more recent year by the previous year.

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