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. 2012 Apr 10;14(2):e50. doi: 10.2196/jmir.2005

Table 6.

Analysis of ratings and comments for high- and low-volume surgeons.

Surgeon volumes Analysis of variance
All Bariatric Lumbar Knee Volumea Procedureb Interactionc
HV LV HV LV HV LV HV LV F P F P F P
Surgeons with ratings
N= 547 170 182 195 F1,541 F2,541 F2,541
Mean ratings/
websited (SD)
5.85 (3.92) 4.57 (3.29) 4.40 (3.22) 3.70 (2.53) 7.49 (4.29) 5.39 (3.97) 5.60 (3.58) 4.63 (3.02) 18.33 <.001 20.73 <.001 1.88 .15
Overall rating scoree 0.07 (0.74) -0.00 (0.84) 0.35 (0.68) 0.19 (0.90) -0.14 (0.75) -0.10 (0.85) 0.03 (0.69) -0.07 (0.77) 1.21 .27 11.98 <.001 0.74 .48
Surgeons with comments
N= 385 101 147 137 F1,379 F2,379 F2,379
Mean comments/
websited (SD)
2.74 (1.95) 2.30 (2.05) 2.03 (1.30) 1.78 (1.36) 3.07 (2.00) 2.74 (2.44) 2.87 (2.15) 2.25 (2.01) 3.82 .05 7.72 .001 0.30 .74

a Comparing high- versus low-volume surgeons

b Comparing bariatric, lumbar, and knee surgeons

c Comparing high- versus low-volume surgeons across surgeon categories

d Only includes individual websites on which doctor had at least one rating/comment

e z score