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Table 2 Difference in inclination to offer treatment across medical specialties

From: ‘Are smokers less deserving of expensive treatment? A randomised controlled trial that goes beyond official values’

 

The smoking patient

The non-smoking patient

Oncologists (n = 77) (n = 88)

64.9% (CI 54.2-75.6)

81.8% (CI 73.7-89.9)*

Pulmonologists (n = 67) (n = 59)

67.2% (CI 56-78.4)

72.9% (CI 61.6-84.2)

GPs (n = 144) (n = 136)

56.3 (CI 48.2-64.4)

69.1% (CI 61.3-75.9)*

All physicians (n = 288) (n = 283)

61.1% (CI 55.5-66.7)

73.9% (CI 68.8-79)*

General population (n = 252) (n = 253)

68.7% (CI 63-74.4)

83.8% (CI 79.3-88.3)*

  1. Results are presented as the proportion that would offer the new, expensive treatment among the group that received the smoking patient version and the non-smoking patient version, respectively. Numbers in brackets refer to the amount of respondents having received each version of the questionnaire. 95% confidence intervals (CI) are given. An *means that p < 0.05.
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BMC Medical Ethics

ISSN: 1472-6939

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