Distribution of physicians’ rankings of 10 fictitious patient cases assessed for coronary bypass interventions on the basis of operative risk and improvement potential
| Patient case | Priority setting (median (range)) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cardiology | Cardiothoracic surgery | Cardiothoracic anaesthesia | |
| See appendix for details of the patient cases. | |||
| 1 | 1 (1–8) | 1 (1–7) | 1 (1–5) |
| 2 | 8 (1–10) | 8 (1–10) | 7.5 (1–9) |
| 3 | 3 (1–9) | 3 (1–7) | 3 (1–10) |
| 4 | 10 (3–10) | 9 (2–10) | 9 (1–10) |
| 5 | 7 (2–10) | 7 (1–10) | 7 (1–9) |
| 6 | 2 (1–8) | 3 (1–10) | 3 (1–10) |
| 7 | 5 (2–10) | 5 (1–9) | 5 (1–10) |
| 8 | 6 (1–10) | 7 (2–10) | 6 (1–10) |
| 9 | 4 (1–10) | 4 (1–10) | 4 (1–9) |
| 10 | 7.5 (2–10) | 8 (1–10) | 9 (1–10) |