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. 2011 Mar 14;11:62. doi: 10.1186/1471-2334-11-62

Table 2.

Reasons for requesting infectious disease consultations among 187 responders and users.

Senior physicians
n = 138
Residents
n = 49

Potential reason na % na %
Therapeutic recommendation 128 (92.8) 46 (93.9)
Quality of care improvement 101 (73.2) 36 (73.5)
Rapidity of access 84 (60.9) 30 (61.2)
Diagnostic recommendation 83 (60.1) 30 (61.2)
Update knowledge 80 (58.0) 31 (63.3)
Preventive recommendation 50 (36.2) 15 (30.6)
Share responsibility of care 43 (31.2) 15 (30.6)
Transfer a patient to infectious care unit 29 (21.0) 9 (18.4)
Share stress related to care 24 (17.4) 8 (16.3)

a n represents the number of physicians who agreed with the prespecified reason