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Table 4 Number of groups and averaged within-group differences by the customized algorithm and correlation coefficient cutoffs for patients treated for either curative or palliative intent at the Sahlgrenska University Hospital in Sweden during 2015-2016

From: An analytical approach to aggregate patient inflows to a simulation model over the radiotherapy process

Strategy

A1

A2

Treatment intent

CURATIVE

r

0.75

0.8

0.85

0.9

0.95

0.75

0.8

0.85

0.9

0.95

No

∆%

No

∆%

No

∆%

No

∆%

No

∆%

No

∆%

No

∆%

No

∆%

No

∆%

No

∆%

Mean

10.0

53.9

11.7

58.1

15.0

64.7

22.5

69.7

32.7

79.3

10.0

53.8

19.6

76.7

28.6

99.8

36.8

104.0

45.0

105.4

SD

0.9

14.0

0.8

14.8

1.1

16.0

1.2

25.9

1.3

48.8

0.9

14.3

1.1

21.4

1.2

28.9

1.2

44.5

1.3

62.6

Median

10.0

50.5

12.0

55.7

15.0

63.4

23.0

67.6

33.0

66.3

10.0

50.3

20.0

76.8

29.0

103.5

37.0

112.5

45.0

113.4

Min

7.0

25.7

9.0

22.9

12.0

23.1

18.0

16.8

28.0

0.0

7.0

26.7

15.0

21.5

24.0

9.6

33.0

2.7

40.0

0.0

Max

12.0

107.1

13.0

113.2

18.0

132.3

26.0

202.0

36.0

278.6

12.0

109.1

24.0

160.4

33.0

189.6

41.0

257.5

49.0

278.6

Treatment intent

PALLIATIVE

r

0.75

0.8

0.85

0.9

0.95

0.75

0.8

0.85

0.9

0.95

No

∆%

No

∆%

No

∆%

No

∆%

No

∆%

No

∆%

No

∆%

No

∆%

No

∆%

No

∆%

Mean

5.0

27.1

5.2

26.7

6.9

25.7

9.6

24.4

14.3

23.7

5.0

27.1

10.3

22.4

18.1

17.5

27.6

18.4

39.0

14.1

SD

0.6

1.2

0.5

1.5

0.8

2.4

0.9

2.9

0.8

3.7

0.6

1.1

0.8

1.3

0.9

2.6

1.0

5.9

1.0

10.2

Median

5.0

27.3

5.0

26.8

7.0

26.1

10.0

24.1

14.0

23.0

5.0

27.3

10.0

22.3

18.0

17.5

28.0

17.6

39.0

11.2

Min

4.0

22.2

4.0

21.5

5.0

19.1

7.0

18.2

12.0

14.0

4.0

22.2

8.0

15.9

15.0

9.0

24.0

0.0

36.0

0.0

Max

6.0

39.4

6.0

36.8

9.0

38.8

12.0

38.0

16.0

63.1

6.0

39.1

13.0

31.5

22.0

34.5

31.0

45.0

43.0

91.7

Treatment intent

CURATIVE+PALLIATIVE

r

0.75

0.8

0.85

0.9

0.95

0.75

0.8

0.85

0.9

0.95

No

∆%

No

∆%

No

∆%

No

∆%

No

∆%

No

∆%

No

∆%

No

∆%

No

∆%

No

∆%

Mean

10.6

34.4

12.8

34.4

16.5

34.8

25.8

33.1

39.0

30.8

10.6

34.5

33.8

43.7

52.1

57.7

65.4

61.4

86.6

61.0

SD

1.0

6.7

0.9

7.2

1.1

7.6

1.3

8.2

1.3

9.1

1.0

6.8

1.4

12.1

1.6

27.1

1.6

36.1

1.3

52.3

Median

11.0

32.0

13.0

31.7

17.0

32.3

26.0

30.8

39.0

27.9

11.0

32.1

34.0

41.6

52.0

55.9

65.0

50.6

87.0

38.2

Min

7.0

24.3

10.0

22.9

13.0

22.0

21.0

19.8

34.0

12.9

7.0

26.0

29.0

19.6

46.0

8.6

59.0

6.3

82.0

6.7

Max

14.0

70.6

16.0

66.7

20.0

69.2

30.0

64.9

43.0

122.8

14.0

70.3

40.0

100.0

60.0

156.2

71.0

196.9

91.0

252.3

  1. Abbreviations: A1 grouping strategy where all elements are required to correlate with one main element, A2 grouping strategy where all elements are requeired to correlate with each other; r correlation coefficient