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Table 2 Characteristics of research programs

From: Are trauma research programs in academic and non-academic centers measured by equal standards? A survey of 137 level I trauma centers in the United States

 

All

Academic

Non-academic

P

Ranked in top three study frequency, total responses

n = 42

n = 36

n = 6

 

 Trauma surgery

19 (45%)

13 (36%)

6 (100%)

< 0.01

 Orthopedic surgery

9 (21%)

7 (19%)

2 (33%)

0.59

 Critical care/critical care surgery

9 (21%)

7 (19%)

2 (33%)

0.59

 Neurosurgery

8 (19%)

5 (14%)

3 (50%)

0.07

 Emergency medicine

6 (14%)

6 (17%)

0 (0%)

0.57

 Basic sciences

5 (12%)

2 (6%)

3 (50%)

0.02

 Vascular surgery

4 (10%)

4 (11%)

0 (0%)

1.00

 Radiology

3 (7%)

3 (8%)

0 (0%)

1.00

 Cardiothoracic surgery

2 (5%)

2 (6%)

0 (0%)

1.00

 Nursing

2 (5%)

0 (0%)

2 (33%)

0.02

 Anesthesia

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

  1. Bolding of P values indicates statistical significance at a threshold of P ≤ 0.05