Table 3 Awareness and opinion of the 12 initiatives to improve appropriateness, by medical specialty
Medical Specialty | N° of Partic. | Awarenessa % | N. ° of initiatives | Useful | Applicable | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Median | Range | % | % | |||||
Anaesthesiology | 19 | 89.5 | 4 | 1 | - | 10 | 100.0 | 94.7 |
Gastroenterology | 12 | 83.3 | 4 | 1 | - | 8 | 75.0 | 66.7 |
Biochemistry | 10 | 100.0 | 4 | 1 | - | 10 | 100.0 | 80.0 |
Cardiology | 12 | 100.0 | 5 | 2 | - | 11 | 16.7 | 25.0 |
General surgery | 21 | 80.9 | 3 | 1 | - | 8 | 85.7 | 76.2 |
Vascular surgery | 6 | 100.0 | 3 | 1 | - | 6 | 83.3 | 83.3 |
Dermatology | 15 | 80.0 | 2 | 1 | - | 5 | 80.0 | 73.3 |
Endocrinology | 10 | 80.0 | 3 | 2 | - | 9 | 80.0 | 70.0 |
Geriatrics | 10 | 90.0 | 7 | 2 | - | 12 | 80.0 | 100.0 |
Haematology | 15 | 66.7 | 2 | 1 | - | 6 | 73.3 | 46.7 |
Infectious diseases | 9 | 77.8 | 4 | 2 | - | 8 | 100.0 | 88.9 |
Immunology & allergology | 7 | 14.3 | 1 | 1 | - | 14.3 | 42.8 | |
Occupational medicine | 9 | 66.7 | 3 | 1 | - | 7 | 88.9 | 77.8 |
Family medicine | 21 | 95.2 | 5 | 1 | - | 12 | 100.0 | 95.2 |
Physical medicine & rehabilitation | 8 | 87.5 | 3 | 1 | - | 6 | 87.5 | 62.5 |
Intensive medicine | 9 | 88.9 | 4 | 2 | - | 10 | 100.0 | 88.9 |
Internal medicine | 23 | 78.3 | 6 | 2 | - | 11 | 82.6 | 69.6 |
Nuclear medicine | 6 | 100.0 | 3 | 1 | - | 6 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
Preventive medicine & public health | 5 | 100.0 | 7 | 2 | - | 12 | 60.0 | 60.0 |
Microbiology | 8 | 75.0 | 3 | 1 | - | 10 | 87.5 | 87.5 |
Nephrology | 5 | 100.0 | 3 | 1 | - | 4 | 80.0 | 80.0 |
Pneumology | 11 | 81.8 | 3 | 1 | - | 5 | 90.9 | 90.9 |
Neurology | 21 | 80.9 | 3 | 1 | - | 8 | 57.1 | 57.1 |
Obstetrics & gynaecology | 17 | 94.1 | 4 | 2 | - | 8 | 88.2 | 82.3 |
Ophthalmology | 8 | 66.7 | 2 | 1 | - | 6 | 37.5 | 62.5 |
Medical oncology | 14 | 78.6 | 4 | 2 | - | 6 | 28.6 | 21.4 |
Otorhinolaryngology | 14 | 50.0 | 3 | 1 | - | 7 | 64.3 | 71.4 |
Paediatrics | 12 | 75.0 | 4 | 2 | - | 6 | 66.7 | 75.0 |
Psychiatry | 13 | 84.6 | 5 | 2 | - | 8 | 84.6 | 84.6 |
Radiology | 17 | 94.1 | 5 | 2 | - | 9 | 82.3 | 82.3 |
Rheumatology | 15 | 80.0 | 3 | 2 | - | 6 | 73.3 | 73.3 |
Traumatology | 10 | 100.0 | 3 | 1 | - | 5 | 80.0 | 70.0 |
Emergency medicine | 17 | 70.6 | 4 | 1 | - | 7 | 94.1 | 88.2 |
Urology | 4 | 100.0 | 3 | 1 | - | 7 | 100.0 | 75.0 |
Overall | 413 | 82.6 | 4 | 1 | - | 12 | 82.4 | 75.6 |