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Table 3 Proportion of respondents citing selected rationale for Level 1 and Level 3 clinical management strategies (N = 79)

From: Physician clinical management strategies and reasoning: a cross-sectional survey using clinical vignettes of eight common medical admissions

Selected rationale

Overall, %

Level 1 strategies, %

Level 3 strategies, %

P value

Supportive evidence

45

63

30

< 0.001

Local practice patterns

32

37

29

0.23

Rule out more serious conditions

22

18

26

0.17

Supervisor expectations

15

17

14

0.56

Academic purposes

4

3

4

0.70

Malpractice concerns

3

2

3

0.65