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Table 2 Participation in the survey by medical specialty.

From: A survey to assess awareness and opinion of initiatives and recommendations on low-value diagnostic practices

Medical speciality

All invited

Number of participants

Participation

%

Rheumatology

19

15

78.9

Dermatology

22

15

68.2

Nuclear medicine

9

6

66.7

Medical oncology

20

14

66.7

Internal medicine

34

23

65.7

Occupational medicine

14

9

64.3

Geriatrics

16

10

58.8

Radiology

31

17

53.1

Haematology

29

15

51.7

Endocrinology

20

10

50.0

Pneumology

22

11

50.0

Neurology

41

21

50.0

Preventive medicine & public health

9

5

50.0

Infectious diseases

20

9

45.0

Physical medicine & rehabilitation

19

8

42.1

Psychiatry

30

13

41.9

Emergency medicine

41

17

41.5

Immunology & allergology

17

7

41.2

Obstetrics & gynaecology

39

17

40.5

Microbiology

21

8

38.1

Biochemistry

26

10

37.0

Otorhinolaryngology

39

14

35.9

Cardiology

34

12

35.3

Traumatology

29

10

34.5

General surgery

59

21

34.4

Gastroenterology

34

12

34.3

Vascular surgery

16

6

31.6

Intensive medicine

29

9

31.0

Paediatrics

40

12

29.3

Family medicine

64

21

28.8

Ophthalmology

32

8

25.0

Nephrology

22

5

22.7

Anaesthesiology

101

19

18.6

Urology

32

4

12.5

Total

1030

413

40.1