Table 2.
Specialty and grade of participating doctors and whether they had ever used the referral or decision support form
| Characteristic | Hospital | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | B | C | |||
| Referring doctors | |||||
| Grade | Consultant | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
| Registrar | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| FY1/2 | ‐ | ‐ | 2 | 2 | |
| Referring specialty | Acute medicine | 2 | ‐ | 1 | 3 |
| ED | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
| Surgery | ‐ | 1 | 2 | ||
| Haematology/Oncology | ‐ | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Respiratory | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| Hepatology | ‐ | ‐ | 1 | 1 | |
| Geriatrics | ‐ | ‐ | 1 | 1 | |
| Medicine | 1 | ‐ | ‐ | 1 | |
| Number of doctors who had used the referral form | Used | 5 | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| Never used | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | |
| ICU doctors (single specialty) | |||||
| Grade | Consultant | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| Registrar | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | |
| Number of doctors who had used the decision support form | Used | 6 | 2 | 6 | 14 |
| Never used | ‐ | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
Abbreviations: ED, emergency department; ICU, intensive care unit.