Table 1.
Characteristics of participating surgeons and hospital centres
| Hospital centre | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | B | C | D | E | All | |
| Surgeon level | ||||||
| Participating surgeons | 5 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 28 |
| Female/male surgeon | 0/5 | 0/3 | 1/7 | 2/2 | 2/6 | 5/23 |
| Age (years) | 38 (33-63) | 38 (33-63) | 35 (30-54) | 32.5 (31-52) | 34.5 (32-69) | 35.5 (30-69) |
| Length of experience (years)* | 7 (3-36) | 7 (3-35) | 3 (0-25) | 1 (0-25) | 3 (0-38) | 3 (0-38) |
| Work week duration (hours)† | 60 (50-80) | 65 (60-70) | 60 (50-92) | 62.5 (40-66) | 80 (50-90) | 65 (40-92) |
| No of operated patients | 101 (4-406) | 239 (191-331) | 62 (10-172) | 90 (51-272) | 133 (19-387) | 109 (4-406) |
| Hospital centre level | ||||||
| Acute care beds (surgical beds) in hospital | 751 (290) | 719 (327) | 446 (266) | 984 (320) | 1459 (563) | 4359 (1766) |
| Healthcare workers in hospital | 3504 | 3571 | 1534 | 4792 | 8509 | 21910 |
| Operating rooms in hospital | 30 | 26 | 26 | 27 | 45 | 154 |
| Patients included in study | 744 | 747 | 560 | 501 | 1022 | 3574 |
Data are number or median values (minimum-maximum) unless stated otherwise.
*Calculated as no of years spent in practice since graduation (that is, surgeons at the beginning of their career during the study period had a length of experience equal to zero).
†Declared by each surgeon based on the average number of hours spent weekly for surgical, administrative, teaching, and research activities.