Table 1.
Personal and professional characteristics of the participants of the study.
| Variable | Results |
|---|---|
| Personal characteristics | |
| Age median (25th percentile; 75th percentile) | 58 y.o (52 y.o; 63 y.o) |
| Gender, n (%) | |
| Male | 103 (28.8) |
| Female | 255 (71.2) |
| Specialty*, n (%) | |
| General Medicine | 230 (64.2) |
| Pediatrics | 113 (31.6) |
| Internal Medicine | 87 (24.3) |
| Other | 12 (3.4) |
| Number of specialties | |
| One | 281 (78.5) |
| Two or more | 77 (21.5) |
| Location of practice, n (%) | |
| Capital | 66 (18.4) |
| Regional city | 147 (41.1) |
| Small town | 98 (27.4) |
| Village | 47 (13.1) |
| Professional characteristics | |
| Type of practice, n (%) | |
| Solo practice | 318 (88.8) |
| Group practice | 40 (11.2) |
| Number of patients in the practice, n (%) | |
| 1–1000 | 63 (17.6) |
| 1001–2000 | 175 (48.9) |
| 2001–3000 | 88 (24.6) |
| 3001–4000 | 15 (4.2) |
| >4001 | 11 (3.1) |
| No information | 6 (1.7) |
| Number of children in the practice (aged 0–18 y. o.), n (%) | |
| 1–200 | 120 (33.5) |
| 201–400 | 70 (19.6) |
| 401–600 | 65 (18.2) |
| 601–1000 | 68 (19.0) |
| >1001 | 30 (8.4) |
| No information | 5 (1.4) |
| Children in the practice as percent of all patients | |
| 1–10% | 91 (25.4) |
| 11–20 | 84 (23.5) |
| 21–30 | 75 (20.9) |
| 31–40 | 49 (13.7) |
| 41–50 | 29 (8.1) |
| 51–100 | 25 (7.0) |
*Option to list more than one specialty.