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Table 6 How often have you been concerned your counterpart is misrepresenting information (in the past year)?

From: Are surgeons and anesthesiologists lying to each other or gaming the system? A national random sample survey about “truth-telling practices” in the perioperative setting in the United States

 

Anesthesiologist

Surgeon

p value

   

<0.001

Never

11 (9 %)

72 (59 %)

 

Less than once a year

2 (2 %)

16 (13 %)

 

Once or twice a year

29 (23 %)

25 (21 %)

 

Once or twice a month

51 (41 %)

7 (6 %)

 

Once or twice a week

22 (18 %)

2 (2 %)

 

Daily

11 (9 %)

0