Table 6.

Comparison by Specialty

Specialty	Predictor	R-Square	RMSE	MAE	Frequency
Orthopedics	ASP	0.5257	57.9685	39.9777
	LIN	0.5755	54.8451	36.1095	34.2%
	STEP	0.5828	54.3689	35.9546
General	ASP	0.3729	55.0437	37.3926
	LIN	0.4697	50.616	33.7518	14.6%
	STEP	0.4965	49.3186	32.7425
Otolaryngology	ASP	0.7319	51.7225	32.9076
	LIN	0.7126	53.5506	32.2944	11.3%
	STEP	0.7189	52.9621	32.0055
Urology	ASP	0.7272	46.7483	30.5251
	LIN	0.7733	42.614	26.7203	7.8%
	STEP	0.7709	42.8332	26.9698
Ophthalmology	ASP	0.2313	35.9271	22.6226
	LIN	0.5206	28.3732	17.5264	6.3%
	STEP	0.4968	29.0675	17.6161
Neuro Surgery	ASP	0.5946	81.0404	54.9013
	LIN	0.5947	81.0349	52.2301	5.1%
	STEP	0.5893	81.5648	52.1195
Surgical Oncology	ASP	0.6781	54.9955	32.3168
	LIN	0.691	53.8794	31.6966	4.6%
	STEP	0.7119	52.0292	30.4564
Plastic	ASP	0.7299	78.7518	54.2446
	LIN	0.6102	94.609	58.9855	4.0%
	STEP	0.6412	90.7662	58.5443
Thoracic	ASP	0.5998	99.1005	66.6381
	LIN	0.7161	83.4766	59.6474	2.8%
	STEP	0.6775	88.958	60.5216
Vascular	ASP	0.6072	60.2528	40.1038
	LIN	0.7247	50.4412	35.8458	2.0%
	STEP	0.7008	52.5839	37.4437
Obstetrics	ASP	0.6049	34.3594	26.9036
	LIN	0.6995	29.9654	20.1546	1.8%
	STEP	0.673	31.2549	19.1835
Psychosurgery	ASP	−2.2645	7.9547	4.5975
	LIN	−0.0481	4.5072	3.3032	1.7%
	STEP	0.0009	4.4006	3.2347
Acute Care Surgery	ASP	0.2728	51.8505	38.2971
	LIN	0.3784	47.9386	31.887	1.5%
	STEP	0.3583	48.7057	31.8369
GYN Oncology	ASP	0.6277	56.7332	35.9823
	LIN	0.6227	57.1121	36.812	1.2%
	STEP	0.6144	57.7381	36.4322
Gynecology	ASP	0.5071	52.1249	37.6535
	LIN	0.6241	45.5197	30.9478	1.1%
	STEP	0.6195	45.7996	31.8781