For each specialty, both the residents' and faculty instruments were almost identical except that the resident-completed instrument additionally contained open-ended questions asking the residents to list the core strengths of each faculty they evaluate as well as some improvement points for the faculty.
For each specialty, this analysis therefore compared rates of subsequent malpractice incidents between high spending and low spending physicians within the same hospital.
For each specialty, the figure plots the median predicted probability of specialty preference against the median specialty ranking in the 2012 MIR cycle.
For each specialty the national range is identified from hospital-scores of the quotient of the actual length of stay and the expected length of stay.
For each specialty we selected a disease that was central to the discipline and identified the most appropriate MeSH term for that disease.
For each specialty, we then compared its median predicted probability, as derived from our model, with its median ranking among all candidates who elected a specialty in the 2012 MIR cycle.
For each specialty (including critical care), the available resources are clearly shown, and a page of documentation provides significant explanation regarding the original formulae and bibliographic references for algorithms and equations.
For each specialty the length of stay at the 15th percentile hospital in this ranking was used as the standard for calculating the potential reduction of length of stay in all hospitals with a longer length of stay.
This is due to the existence of specific training programs for each specialty.
A major difficulty stems from the fact that such an allocation must be established several months in advance, and the exact number of patients for each specialty is an uncertain parameter.
This involved evaluating the interactions among physical spaces, building envelope, infrastructure, and equipment usage with the energy consumption, for each specialty service provided in the most common buildings present in the health service network.
