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Table 2 Applicant referral sources for all applicants and Reasons for Non-Acceptance for the Not Accepted applications

From: Characteristics of undiagnosed diseases network applicants: implications for referring providers

 Healthcare Provider

Not Accepted

Accepted

Statistics

Primary Care Physicians compared to other Specialty Healthcare Providers

 Primary Care Physician

84 (55.6%)a

4 (8.00%)a

χ2 = 55.48, p < 0.001

 Specialist: Neurologist

18 (11.9%)

14 (28.0%)a

 Specialist: Geneticist

8 (5.3%)a

19 (38.0%)a

 Other (e.g. Allergy Immunologist, Rheumatologist)

41 (27.2%)

13 (26%)

Primary Care Physicians compared to all Other Healthcare Providers

 Primary Care Physicians

84 (55.6%)

4 (8%)

FET p < 0.001

 Others

67 (44.3%)

46 (92%)

  1. aSignificant adjusted residuals exceeding +/− 2 on post-hoc testing
  2. FET Fisher’s exact test