Table 2.
Physicians’ characteristics
| Characteristics | Physicians working in public hospitals | Physicians working in district health centres | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Percent | Number | Percent | ||
| Age | ≤ 30 | 2 | 6.7 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 31–35 | 3 | 10.0 | 9 | 30.0 | |
| 36–40 | 3 | 10.0 | 9 | 30.0 | |
| 41–45 | 8 | 26.7 | 7 | 23.3 | |
| 45–50 | 6 | 20.0 | 4 | 13.3 | |
| 51–55 | 7 | 23.3 | 1 | 3.3 | |
| 56–60 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| ≥ 61 | 1 | 3.3 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Sex | Male | 25 | 83.3 | 28 | 93.3 |
| Female | 5 | 16.7 | 2 | 6.7 | |
| Specialization | General practitioners | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 33.3 |
| Specialist physicians | 30 | 100.0 | 20 | 66.7 | |
| Region | Dakar | 24 | 80.0 | 2 | 6.7 |
| Outside Dakar | 6 | 20.0 | 28 | 93.3 | |
| Total | 30 | 100 | 30 | 100 | |