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Table 1 Number of Cases by Surgical Specialties

From: The impact of health literacy on shared decision making before elective surgery: a propensity matched case control analysis

Specialty

Total (n = 200)

Orthopedics

50 (25%)

General Surgery

43 (21.5%)

Ear Nose and Throat

26 (13%)

Urology

26 (13%)

Gynecology

14 (7%)

Vascular

7 (3.5%)

Spine

14 (7%)

Plastics

16 (8%)

Ophthalmology

4 (2%)