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. 2009 Aug;5(1):35–53.

TABLE 2.

Participant characteristics (n=1,769)

Participants

n=1,769 %

Sex Female 1,212 68.5%
Male 549 31.0%
No Response 8 0.5%

Age <40 391 22.1%
40–49 605 34.2%
50–59 650 36.7%
60+ 114 6.4%
No response 9 0.5%

Region Cancer Program (RCP)* RCP A 79 4.5%
RCP B 241 13.6%
RCP C 67 3.8%
RCP D 199 11.2%
RCP E 86 4.9%
RCP F 406 23.0%
RCP G 56 3.2%
RCP H 54 3.1%
RCP I 119 6.7%
RCP J 190 10.7%
RCP K 61 3.4%
RCP L 138 7.8%
RCP M 73 4.1%

Location of work Teaching Hospital 835 47.2%
Community Hospital (100 or more beds) 613 34.7%
Community Hospital (less than 100 beds) 43 2.4%
Community Care Access Centre 230 13.0%
Other (e.g., Private Practice Clinic, Public Health Unit) 39 2.2%
No response 9 0.5%

Position* Physician 498 28.2%
Other Clinician 625 35.3%
Administrator 646 36.5%

Distance from main RCP in region At main RCP hospital 878 49.6%
Less than 10 km but not at main RCP hospital 285 16.1%
Between 11 and 20 km from main RCP hospital 132 7.5%
Between 21 and 100 km from main RCP hospital 255 14.4%
More than 100 km from main RCP hospital 195 11.0%
No response 24 1.4%
*

Answer to item required.

Sample size for each RCP varied.