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Table 3 Physicians whose decision to administer treatment was in agreement with specific threshold (N = 41)

From: How do physicians decide to treat: an empirical evaluation of the threshold model

 

Pulmonary Embolism

Acute Myeloid Leukemia

Agree

(%)

Disagree

(%)

EUT versus regret

EUT or regret versus dual

Agree

(%)

Disagree

(%)

EUT versus regret

EUT or regret versus dual

 

p-value

p-value

p-value

p-value

Base case

            

     EUT

40

(98)

1

(2)

 

1

27

(66)

14

(34)

 

0.096

     Regret

38

(93)

3

(7)

0.625 

0.625

33

(80)

8

(20)

 0.146

0.727

     Dual

40

(98)

1

(2)

  

35

(85)

6

(15)

  

High risk case

            

     EUT

16

(39)

25

(61)

 

0.004

8

(20)

33

(80)

 

<0.001

     Regret

31

(76)

10

(24)

0.003

1

25

(61)

16

(39)

<0.001

<0.001

     Dual

30

(73)

11

(27)

  

40

(98)

1

(2)

  

Low risk case

             

     EUT

41

(100)

0

(0)

 

<0.001

36

(88)

5

(12)

 

0.453

     Regret

37

(90)

4

(10)

0.125

0.118

23

(56)

18

(14)

0.011

0.021

     Dual

30

(73)

11

(27)

  

33

(80)

8

(44)

  
  1. Note: Agreement was established if the probability of PE or AML was greater than or equal to threshold and the participant decided to treat or the probability of PE or AML was less than threshold and the participant decided not to treat.