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Table 3 Factors that were predictive to number of cases of life threatening conditions a doctor is likely to identify for a given year in practice

From: Self-reported recognition of undiagnosed life threatening conditions in chiropractic practice: a random survey

Factors

Year-per-case

p-value

Gender

 

.047*

 Male

2.9

 

 Female

3.4

 

Years in Practice

  

 Education dominant

2.2

.718

 Equal education/experience

1.9

<.0001

 Experience dominant

3.4

Ref

Traditional chiropractic

 

.278

 Yes

3.7

 

 No

2.6

 

Rural setting

 

.007*

 Yes

2.2

 

 No

3.3

 

Suburban

 

.731

 Yes

2.9

 

 No

3.0

 

Multi-discipline

 

.462

 Yes

3.2

 

 No

2.9

 

Solo

 

.740

 Yes

3.4

 

 No

2.6

 

Multi-DC

 

.019*

 Yes

2.0

 

 No

3.4

 

Other healthcare experience

 

.668

 Yes

2.4

 

 No

3.1

 

Type of college of graduation

  

 Liberal

2.6

.112

 Mixed

2.9

.181

 Conservative

3.0

Ref

  1. *Four factors were predictive of rate of occurrence of undiagnosed life threatening conditions in chiropractic practice: years in practice, gender, practicing in a group (multi-DC) and practicing in a rural setting.