Table 3.

—Association of Attending Physician Specialty With Family-Assessed Outcomes^a

Family-Reported Outcome	No.	P Valueb	Regression Coefficientb
			Medicine	Surgery	Neurosurgery	Neurology
Quality-of-dying ratingc	1,109	.001	Ref	−0.196	0.739d	1.515e
Satisfaction with caref	1,108	.666	Ref	−1.194	0.229	2.618
Satisfaction with decision-makingg	1,147	.426	Ref	−2.030	−0.411	3.680
Total satisfactionh	1,115	.592	Ref	−1.455	−0.076	2.735

Ref = reference.

^aAssociations were tested with multipredictor linear regression models with robust SEs, using a restricted maximum-likelihood estimator. All models included covariate adjustment for hospital (13 dummy indicators) in addition to outcome-specific confounder adjustments noted in subsequent table footnotes.

^bThe overall P value for physician specialty was based on the reduction in deviance obtained in a model in which the coefficients for the three dummy indicators for physician specialty were freely estimated, when compared with a model in which the three specialty-related regression coefficients were constrained to 0.0.

^cScore could range from 0 (terrible quality) to 10 (perfect quality). This model included covariate adjustment for the family member’s age.

^dP < .05.

^eP < .001.

^fScore could range from 0 (not satisfied at all) to 100 (very satisfied). This model included covariate adjustment for the patient’s age, sex, education, and insurance status and the family member’s age and racial minority status.

^gScore could range from 0 (not satisfied at all) to 100 (very satisfied). This model included covariate adjustment for patient’s age, education, and insurance status and the family member’s age.

^hScore could range from 0 (not satisfied at all) to 100 (very satisfied). This model included covariate adjustment for the patient’s age, education, and insurance status and the family member’s age and racial minority status.