Table 2.

Distribution of interviewee responses: Working environment

	China	Hong Kong	P value*
Working time (hours per week, including both clinical and research activities)
40	2 (4.0)	0 (0.0)	0.20
45	2 (4.0)	2 (11.1)
50	7 (14.0)	4 (22.2)
55	9 (18.0)	6 (33.3)
60	8 (16.0)	4 (22.2)
65	10 (20.0)	1 (5.6)
70	12 (24.0)	1 (5.6)
Proportion of time spent in completing medical documents (such as patient charts)
≤10 %	2 (4.2)	8 (42.1)	<0.0001
≤20 %	2 (4.2)	5 (26.3)
≤30 %	9 (18.8)	3 (15.8)
≤40 %	5 (10.4)	2 (10.5)
≤50 %	8 (16.7)	1 (5.3)
≤60 %	10 (20.8)	0 (0.0)
>60 %	12 (25.0)	0 (0.0)
Salary satisfaction
Earned > deserved	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	<0.0001
Earned = deserved	2 (4.0)	13 (68.4)
Earned < deserved	48 (96.0)	6 (31.6)
Do you want your children to practice medicine?
Yes	1 (2.0)	8 (40.0)	<0.0001
No	34 (69.4)	1 (5.0)
Respect child’s choice	14 (28.6)	11 (55.0)
Missing	1 (2.0)

^*Fisher’s exact test