Table 2. Appropriateness of shared decision-making for Emergency Department management decisions.
Decision Category | All/Most of the time | Some of the time | Rarely/Never |
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Invasive procedures | 494 (71.5%) | 156 (22.6%) | 41 (5.9%) |
CT ordering | 392 (56.7%) | 245 (35.5%) | 54 (7.8%) |
Disposition (Discharge vs. admit) | 391 (56.3%) | 251 (36.2%) | 52 (7.5%) |
MRI ordering | 382 (55.3%) | 183 (26.5%) | 126 (18.2%) |
Medical therapies (e.g.antibiotics, analgesics) | 381 (54.9%) | 251 (36.2%) | 62 (8.9%) |
X-ray ordering | 285 (41.1%) | 293 (42.3%) | 115 (16.6%) |
Lab testing | 251 (36.3%) | 289 (41.8%) | 152 (22.0%) |
CT: Computed Tomography; MRI: Magnetic Resonance Imaging.