Clinical Evaluation of the Appropriateness Use Criteria for Single-Photon Emission-Computed Tomography: Differences by Patient Population, Physician Specialty, and Patient Outcomes

Table 5

SPECT appropriateness by physician specialty and practice type. Differences were significant for non-CV and CV MDs (𝑃=.03) but not for full-time versus private CV MDs.

Physicians	Appropriate	Uncertain	Inappropriate
	N, %	N, %	N, %
Non-CV (𝑛=321)	198; 62%	65; 20%	58; 18%
CV (𝑛=249)	172; 69%	51; 21%	26; 10%
Private (𝑛=132)	98; 74%	21; 16%	13; 10%
Full-time faculty (𝑛=117)	74; 63%	30; 26%	13; 11%

CV: cardiovascular.