Specifications of the 134 recommendations made in 121 of 994 NHN second opinion reportsa
| Variable | No. (%) |
|---|---|
| Strength of the recommendation | |
| Hard | 78 (58.2) |
| Soft | 56 (41.8) |
| Recommendation made due to apparent quality issues of the original imaging examination | |
| Yes | 19 (14.2) |
| No | 115 (85.8) |
| Referring clinicians’ compliance to the recommendation | |
| Followed | 88 (65.7) |
| Not followed | 42 (31.3) |
| Unknown | 4 (3.0) |
↵a The total number of recommendations made is higher than the number of reports because 1 report may contain several recommendations at once.