Table 1.

Sociodemographic characteristics of medical staff in pilot and non-pilot county hospitals

Characteristic	Pilot county hospitals		Non-pilot county hospitals		Total
	Medical staff ( n = 1531)	Percentage (%)	Medical staff ( n = 737)	Percentage (%)	n	%
Gender
Male	552	36.05	206	27.95	758	33.42
Female	979	63.95	531	72.05	1510	66.58
Age
24 and below	150	9.80	63	8.55	213	9.39
25–34	527	34.42	341	46.27	868	38.27
35–44	559	36.51	212	28.77	771	33.99
45–54	268	17.50	107	14.52	375	16.53
55 and above	27	1.76	14	1.90	41	1.81
Educational background
Technical secondary school and below	188	12.28	48	6.51	236	10.41
Junior college	547	35.73	216	29.31	763	33.64
Bachelor’s degree	737	48.14	356	48.30	1093	48.19
Master’s degree or above	59	3.85	117	15.88	176	7.76
Position
Doctor	599	39.12	280	37.99	879	38.76
Nurse	661	43.17	357	48.44	1018	44.89
Medical technician	271	17.70	100	13.57	371	16.36
Professional title
No title	24	1.57	11	1.49	35	1.54
Junior title	513	33.51	333	45.18	846	37.30
Middle title	729	47.62	265	35.96	994	43.83
Senior title	265	17.31	128	17.37	393	17.33
Years in professional working experience
1–5 years	288	18.81	196	26.59	484	21.34
6–10 years	214	13.98	141	19.13	355	15.65
11–15 years	227	14.83	81	10.99	308	13.58
16–20 years	307	20.05	135	18.32	442	19.49
20 years and above	495	32.33	184	24.97	679	29.94
City
Wuhan city	220	14.37	108	14.65	328	14.46
Jingzhou city	218	14.24	105	14.25	323	14.24
Yichang city	215	14.04	98	13.30	313	13.80
Xiangyang city	220	14.37	104	14.11	324	14.29
Shiyan city	219	14.30	108	14.65	327	14.42
Suizhou city	219	14.30	105	14.25	324	14.29
Jingmen city	220	14.37	109	14.79	329	14.51