Are doctors risk takers?

Figures & data

Figure 1 Risk-taking table according to the described and tested game.

Abbreviation: NIS, New Israeli Shekel.

Table 1 Characteristics of medical staff

	N	%
Sex
Male	36	58.1
Female	26	41.9
Discipline
Surgery	12	19.4
Internal ward	16	25.8
Pediatric	13	21.0
Anesthesia	10	16.1
Others	11	17.7
	Mean	Standard deviation	Range
Age (years)	45.7	8.4	28–63
Seniority (years)	11.8	8.0	1–34
Risk-taking score (0–10)	5.5	1.4	0–10

Table 2 Multiple regression analysis to predict risk-taking scores by seniority, sex, and discipline of the medical staff

	B	SE B	95% CI
Seniority (years)	−0.08	0.20	0.92***
Sex (female)	−0.46	0.34	0.45
Discipline (surgery + anesthesia)	0.69	0.35	0.83*
R^2		0.26
F(3,61)		6.70***

Notes:

* P<0.05,

*** P<0.001.

Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; SE, standard error.

Figure 2 Risk-taking score (mean) by doctors of different seniority.

Figure 3 Risk-taking score (mean) by doctors from different disciplines.