Fig. 4
a Correlation between the Empathy Components Questionnaire
score and the 30-day readmission rate of the 15 physicians in DRG 127
subgroup; each grey triangle represents one doctor and the dotted line
is the linear correlation; the correlation is adjusted for the following
characteristics of each doctor: mean age of his patients, sex of his
patients, average relative weight of his cases, age of the doctor
himself; the correlation is weighted by the number of ordinary discharge
procedures performed by each doctor; ECQ = Empathy Components
Questionnaire
b Correlation between the Jefferson Scale of Empathy score and
the 30-day readmission rate of the 15 physicians in DRG 127 subgroup;
each black dot represents one doctor and the solid line is the linear
correlation; the correlation is adjusted for the following
characteristics of each doctor: mean age of his patients, sex of his
patients, average relative weight of his cases, age of the doctor
himself; the correlation is weighted by the number of ordinary discharge
procedures performed by each doctor; JSE = Jefferson Scale of Empathy