Average of decisions per encounter across gender, age, setting and specialty
| Average (95% CI) | |
| Physicians | |
| Men | 12.7 (11.9 to 13.5) |
| Women | 14.7 (13.4 to 16.0) |
| Age <40 years | 13.5 (12.5 to 14.6) |
| Age ≥40 years | 13.2 (12.3 to 14.2) |
| Patients | |
| Men | 13.2 (12.2 to 14.2) |
| Women | 13.6 (12.6 to 14.5) |
| Age 0–17 years | 12.4 (10.8 to 14.0) |
| Age 18–60 years | 14.1 (13.1 to 15.2) |
| Age >60 years | 13.0 (11.9 to 14.2) |
| Setting | |
| Outpatient clinic | 13.4 (12.6 to 14.2) |
| Ward round | 14.0 (11.9 to 16.1) |
| Emergency room | 11.3 (9.1 to 13.4) |
| Specialty | |
| Internal medicine | 15.7 (14.5 to 16.9) |
| Surgery | 12.1 (10.4 to 13.8) |
| Orthopaedics | 12.6 (10.5 to 14.6) |
| Ear–nose–throat (ENT)* | 7.1 (4.7 to 9.6) |
| Anaesthesiology | 11.1 (5.1 to 17.1) |
| Obstetrics and gynaecology† | 11.0 (9.3 to 12.7) |
| Paediatrics‡ | 13.4 (11.2 to 15.5) |
| Neurology§ | 13.6 (11.6 to 15.5) |
*Significantly lower than internal medicine (P=0.006).
†Significantly lower than internal medicine (P=0.023).
‡Significantly higher than ENT (P=0.041).
§Significantly higher than ENT (P=0.029).