Of the 14 surgical specialties listed in Press Ganey’s Hospital Check-Up Report 2008: Physician Perspectives on American Hospitals, 12 reported satisfaction levels below the mean satisfaction score, and four of the five least-satisfied specialties were surgical. Oral surgery was the only surgical specialty to make the top five. Here are the surgical specialty rankings.
Above the mean satisfaction score (72.5)
4. Oral surgery
10. Ophthalmology
Below the mean satisfaction score
23. Gynecology
28. Gastroenterology
29. Other surgical specialist
30. Urology
31. Orthopedics
32. Neurological surgery
35. Plastic surgery
37. Anesthesiology
38. General surgery
39. Cardiovascular surgery
41. Vascular surgery
42. Thoracic surgery
Read more about the Press Ganey report.
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