Table 3. Office-based and salaried employment by sex (%).
Women | Men | Difference (women-men) | Statistical significance | |
Salaried physician in a hospital (n = 10 906) | 75.7 | 80.5 | –4.8 | p <0.01 |
Specialist with own office (n = 11 555) | 73.6 | 74.5 | –0.9 | not significant |
Salaried physician in an ambulatory healthcare center (n = 11 486) | 61.6 | 46.2 | 15.4 | p <0.01 |
Salaried physician in an office (n = 11 481) | 57.9 | 32.5 | 25.4 | p <0.01 |
Primary care physician with own office (n = 11 468) | 39.2 | 36.3 | 2.9 | p <0.01 |
Salaried physician in research (n = 11 491) | 20.2 | 28.5 | –8.3 | p <0.01 |
Salaried physician in public health service (n = 11 472) | 20.6 | 15.7 | 4.9 | p <0.01 |
Salaried physician in pharmaceutical industry (n = 11 493) | 9.0 | 18.6 | –9.6 | p <0.01 |
Salaried physician for a health insurance provider (n = 10 854) | 5.2 | 6.2 | –1.0 | not significant |
Own office (overall) | 77.2 | 77.5 | –0.3 | not significant |
Salaried employment in clinical care (overall) | 94.1 | 90.5 | 3.6 | p <0.01 |
Salaried employment in ambulatory care | 74.7 | 53.9 | 20.8 | p <0.01 |
Modified from: Heinz A, Jacob R: Medizinstudenten und ihre Berufsperspektiven. In welcher Fachrichtung, wo und wie wollen sie arbeiten? Bundesgesundheitsbl 2012; 55: 245–53. Reproduced by kind permission of Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg