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Table 1 Overview of cases and questions

From: Influence of psychiatric or social backgrounds on clinical decision making: a randomized, controlled multi-centre study

Case A

55 year-old man with pneumonia, PORT study Class lll, with or without free medical care access and frequent visit history

 Q1

Test

Do you order blood culture test? Yes or no?

 Q2

Test

Do you order chest CT scan? Yes or no?

 Q3

Admission

Do you hospitalize the patient? Yes or no?

 Q4

Emergent procedure

Do you perform thoracentesis if there were suspicion of empyema in the chest CT scan? Yes or no?

Case B

55 year-old man with pyelonephritis, vitals stable, with or without free medical care access and frequent visit history

 Q1

Test

Do you order blood culture test? Yes or no?

 Q2

Test

Do you order abdominal ultrasound exam? Yes or no?

 Q3

Admission

Do you hospitalize the patient? Yes or no?

 Q4

Emergent procedure

Do you perform urinary tract drainage if there were hydronephrosis with a 15 mm urinary stone? Yes or no?

Case C

55 year-old man with heart failure and mild pulmonary oedema, vitals stable, with or without schizophrenia and frequent visit history

 Q1

Test

Do you order arterial blood gas test? Yes or no?

 Q2

Treatment

Do you administer furosemide? Yes or no?

 Q3

Admission

Do you hospitalize the patient? Yes or no?

 Q4

Emergent procedure

Do you administer catecholamine if there were circulatory failure? Yes or no?

Case D

55 year-old man with upper gastrointestinal bleeding, Blatchford Score 1, vitals stable, with or without schizophrenia

 Q1

Test

Do you order blood test? Yes or no?

 Q2

Treatment

Do you perform emergent esophagogastroduodenoscopy? Yes or no?

 Q3

Admission

Do you hospitalize the patient? Yes or no?

 Q4

Emergent procedure

Do you perform red blood cell transfusion if haemoglobin were 6.5 g/dL? Yes or no?

Case E

55 year-old man with atypical chest pain, with or without schizophrenia and frequent visit history

 Q1

Test

Do you order electrocardiogram? Yes or no?

 Q2

Test

Do you order troponin test? Yes or no?

 Q3

Test

Do you order d-dimer test? Yes or no?

 Q4

Follow-up

Do you schedule the next medical follow-up visit? Yes or no?

Case F

55 year-old man with gradual onset continuous dizziness, with or without schizophrenia and frequent visit history

 Q1

Test

Do you order blood test? Yes or no?

 Q2

Test

Do you order head CT scan? Yes or no?

 Q3

Test

Do you order head MRI scan? Yes or no?

 Q4

Follow-up

Do you schedule the next medical follow-up visit? Yes or no?

Case G

55 year-old man with transient loss of consciousness, spontaneous recovery, with or without free medical care access

 Q1

Test

Do you order electrocardiogram? Yes or no?

 Q2

Test

Do you order head CT scan? Yes or no?

 Q3

Treatment

Do you perform tetanus vaccination? Yes or no?

 Q4

Follow-up

Do you schedule the next medical follow-up visit? Yes or no?

Case H

55 year-old man with palpitation, heart rate 90/min regular, with or without free medical care access and frequent visit history

 Q1

Test

Do you order electrocardiogram? Yes or no?

 Q2

Test

Do you order troponin test? Yes or no?

 Q3

Test

Do you order thyroid function test? Yes or no?

 Q4

Follow-up

Do you schedule the next medical follow-up visit? Yes or no?

  1. PORT study: Pneumonia Patient Outcomes Research Team study