Table 1.
Characteristics of respondents
| GP n = 264 |
National | Specialist n = 232 |
National | |
| Mean age (sd) | 50 (6.7) | 47.4 | 51 (7.6) | 41% > 50 |
| Female (%) | 33 | 34 | 21 | 26 |
| Years of practice experience P50 (P25-P75) | 20 (13–26) | * | 16 (9–24) | * |
| Trainers (%) | 38 | * | 22 | * |
| Employed in (%) | ||||
| City area | 46 | 43 | ||
| Semi-urban area | 38 | 43 | ||
| Rural area | 16 | 13 | ||
| University hospital | 26 | * | ||
| Leading general hospital | 29 | * | ||
| Peripheral hospital | 45 | * | ||
| Type of practice (%) | ||||
| Single handed | 29 | 25 | ||
| Twin | 30 | 30 | ||
| Health centre | 41 | 45 | ||
| Outpatient department | 20 | * | ||
| Clinic | 3.1 | * | ||
| Both | 77 | * | ||
| Type of employment (%) | ||||
| Self-employed | 85 | 90 | ||
| Paid employment | 15 | 10 | ||
| Self-employed | 47 | 50 | ||
| Paid employment | 53 | 50 | ||
* Data not available