Differences across specialties were observed for the state of practice, reported benefits and access to testing.
An association between endoscopist specialty and polypectomy was observed in both cities after adjusting for patient-level covariates.
Variability in practice and access to testing across specialties and across Canada was observed.
In addition, the number of randomized controlled trials (RCT) published in nephrology from 1966 to 2002 was 50 to 90% lower than in every other medical specialties and no secular increase was observed in the last 5 years of the study [ 74].
No difference was observed in trainees' specialty of origin (p = 0.39).
No independent effect was observed for grade, years of clinical practice, or specialty.
PCP specialty differences were observed for all testing outcomes examined and remained statistically significant even after accounting for socioeconomic status of enrollees and factors related to access to health care.
Similar patterns of within-specialty variation were observed for colorectal, gynaecological and urological cancers, with patients with rectal, ovarian and bladder cancer reporting notably worse experience than patients with colon, uterine and renal cancers, respectively.
However, specialty food stores were not a dominating driver of the third sub-type, and similar proportion of specialty food and restaurants were observed.
Among first thru third year residents from all specialties, the highest correlations were observed between 'professional attitude towards residents' and the outcome.
