Table 2—
Distribution of Physicians by Vignette Responses
| Panel A. PCPs (N = 570 in restricted sample) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cowboy | Comforter | ||||
| Follow-up frequency | No | Yes | No | Yes | |
| Low | 41 | 9 | 34 | 16 | 8.8% |
| Medium | 387 | 108 | 270 | 225 | 88% |
| High | 12 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 4.4% |
| 77% | 23% | 56% | 44% | ||
| p(χ2): | <0.001 | p(χ2): | 0.055 | ||
| Comforter | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cowboy | No | Yes | ||||
| No | 236 | 204 | 77% | |||
| Yes | 83 | 47 | 23% | |||
| 56% | 44% | |||||
| p(χ2): | 0.013 | |||||
| Panel B. Cardiologists (N = 415 in restricted sample) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cowboy | Comforter | ||||
| Follow-up frequency | No | Yes | No | Yes | |
| Low | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1.4% |
| Medium | 240 | 80 | 228 | 92 | 77% |
| High | 61 | 28 | 69 | 20 | 21% |
| 74% | 26% | 73% | 27% | ||
| p(χ2): | <0.001 | p(χ2): | <0.001 | ||
| Comforter | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cowboy | No | Yes | ||||
| No | 227 | 80 | 74% | |||
| Yes | 75 | 33 | 26% | |||
| 73% | 27% | |||||
| p(χ2): | <0.001 | |||||
Notes: This table shows the bivariate relationships between the guideline-defined indicators for recommended follow-up frequency, as well as “Cowboy” and “Comforter” status among both PCPs and cardiologists in the (restricted) analysis sample. χ2-tests evaluate the null hypothesis that there is no association between pairs of indicators in the table.