Table 2.
Characteristics of neuropsychological assessment (NPA) practice, by respondents’ career stage
| Question | Experts | Interns | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Do you work in a hospital? (% yes) | 64 (36%) | 57 (55%) | 121 (43%) |
| Do you work in a non-hospital public service? (% yes) | 66 (38%) | 41 (40%) | 107 (38%) |
| Do you conduct NPA? (% yes) | 98 (56%) | 91 (88%) | 189 (68%) |
| Do you conduct NPA for court? (% yes) | 44 (25%) | 19 (18%) | 61 (22%) |
| How many NPAs did you conduct in the past year? | N = 91 | N = 75 | N = 166 |
| 1–2 | 17 (19%) | 21 (28%) | 38 (23%) |
| 3–5 | 19 (21%) | 27 (36%) | 46 (28%) |
| 6–10 | 18 (20%) | 15 (20%) | 33 (20%) |
| 11–19 | 16 (17%) | 6 (8%) | 22 (13%) |
| 20+ | 21 (23%) | 6 (8%) | 27 (16%) |
| What was the purpose of last NPA that you conducted? | N = 93 | N = 85 | N = 178 |
| Treatment recommendations | 30 (32%) | 38 (45%) | 68 (38%) |
| Medico-legal | 34 (37%) | 27 (32%) | 61 (34%) |
| Differential diagnosis | 22 (24%) | 13 (15%) | 35 (20%) |
| Pre-surgical baseline | 1 (1%) | 4 (5%) | 5 (3%) |
| Other | 6 (6%) | 3 (3%) | 9 (5%) |
| Who refers your clients to NPA? | N = 95 | N = 80 | N = 175 |
| Physicians | 69 (73%) | 56 (70%) | 125 (71%) |
| Psychologists | 62 (65%) | 47 (59%) | 109 (62%) |
| National Insurance Institute of Israel | 19 (20%) | 30 (38%) | 49 (28%) |
| Rehabilitation Department, Ministry of Defense | 17 (18%) | 23 (29%) | 40 (23%) |
| Educational system | 21 (22%) | 3 (4%) | 24 (14%) |
| Lawyers or court | 19 (20%) | 5 (6%) | 24 (14%) |
| Self-referrals | 20 (21%) | 9 (11%) | 29 (17%) |
| Other | 18 (19%) | 8 (10%) | 26 (15%) |
| Which percent of the NPA that you conduct is HP-funded? | N = 100 | N = 90 | N = 190 |
| 0% | 74 (74%) | 50 (56%) | 124 (65%) |
| 20% | 8 (8%) | 4 (4%) | 12 (6%) |
| 50% | 8 (8%) | 5 (6%) | 13 (7%) |
| 75% | 7 (7%) | 9 (10%) | 16 (9%) |
| 100% | 3 (3%) | 22 (24%) | 25 (13%) |
Note: HP Health Plan. Numbers in the top four rows reflect the percentage of participants relative to the total number of participants. Numbers on the bottom four questions reflect the percentage of participants relative to the number of participants who answered the relevant question. For the question about referral source, participants could provide more than one answer and therefore the numbers do not add up to 100%