Table 3 Shadow billing survey response rates per medical specialty
From: Exploring physician specialist response rates to web-based surveys
|  | Internal medicine totaln = 324 N (%) | Neurology/neurosurgery totaln = 58 N (%) | Pediatrics totaln = 171 N (%) | Psychiatry totaln = 118 N (%) | General surgery totaln = 233 N (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
*Response rate after 1st email follow up (1Â week) | 109 (33.6%) | 20 (34.5%) | 12 (7.0%) | 9 (7.6%) | 31 (13.3%) |
Response rate after 2nd follow up (3–4 week) | 134 (41.4%) | 25 (43.1%) | 50 (29.2%) | 22 (18.6%) | 66 (28.3%) |
Total response rate(%) | 139 (42.9%) | 27 (46.6%) | 50 (29.2%) | 32 (27.1%) | 69 (29.6) |