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Table 2 Reasons for requesting infectious disease consultations among 187 responders and users.

From: Requesting physicians' experiences regarding infectious disease consultations

 

Senior physicians

n= 138

Residents

n= 49

Potential reason

n a

%

n a

%

Therapeutic recommendation

128

(92.8)

46

(93.9)

Quality of care improvement

101

(73.2)

36

(73.5)

Rapidity of access

84

(60.9)

30

(61.2)

Diagnostic recommendation

83

(60.1)

30

(61.2)

Update knowledge

80

(58.0)

31

(63.3)

Preventive recommendation

50

(36.2)

15

(30.6)

Share responsibility of care

43

(31.2)

15

(30.6)

Transfer a patient to infectious care unit

29

(21.0)

9

(18.4)

Share stress related to care

24

(17.4)

8

(16.3)

  1. a n represents the number of physicians who agreed with the prespecified reason