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. 2016 Nov 21;16:667. doi: 10.1186/s12913-016-1916-2

Table 1.

Physician Characteristics and Work Hours Distribution

All doctors (N = 2423) Work hours (N = 2423)
N % Mean SD P value
Dependent Variables
Leave hospital P < 0.001
 mild 1328 54.8 58.3 19.3
 moderate 744 30.7 60.1 19.3
 strong 351 14.5 64.9 22.3
Independent Variables
Work hours 59.8 19.9
  < =48 718 29.6
 49–59 603 24.9
 60–88 895 36.9
  > =89 207 8.5
Age P < 0.001
 35–49 1702 70.2 60.9 20.3
  > =50 721 29.8 57.2 18.5
Gender P < 0.001
 male 2026 83.6 60.8 19.8
 female 397 16.4 54.7 19.4
Marital status P = 0.058
 unmarried 213 8.8 58.9 19.8
 married 2136 88.2 59.7 19.5
 Others 74 3.1 65.1 28.3
Seniority at current hospital P = 0.247
  < =1 year 210 8.7 59.4 22.0
 2–5 years 533 22.0 61.1 20.4
  > 5 years 1680 69.3 59.5 19.4
Clinical setting (1) P < 0.001
 others 1624 67.0 56.8 17.8
 surgery or delivery room 799 33.0 66.0 22.3
Clinical setting (2) P < 0.001
 others 1652 68.2 57.4 18.6
 emergency or ICU 771 31.8 65.0 21.5
Supervisor P = 0.231
 supervisor 879 36.3 60.5 19.1
 on-Supervisor 1544 63.7 59.5 20.3
Accredited hospital level P < 0.001
 district hospital 159 6.6 54.4 16.3
 regional hospital 1711 70.6 58.8 19.5
 medical center 553 22.8 64.4 21.2
Hospital ownership P = 0.008
 public hospital 901 37.2 58.4 18.7
 private hospital 1522 62.8 60.6 20.5
Health Promoting Hospital (HPH) status P = 0.396
 Non-HPH 1057 43.6 60.4 20.0
 HPH 805 33.2 59.4 19.6
 Exemplary HPH 561 23.2 59.2 20.0
Health status P < 0.001
 good 510 21.1 57.6 19.0
 moderate 1471 60.7 59.8 19.7
 bad 442 18.2 62.6 21.0
Pay satisfaction P < 0.001
 good 452 18.7 56.1 16.8
 moderate 1244 51.3 58.8 19.1
 bad 727 30.0 63.8 22.2
Job satisfaction P < 0.001
 good 1804 74.5 58.3 18.6
 bad 619 25.6 64.3 22.5