Table 3.
Characteristics of the physicians followed up in 2016
| Item | Number | Percent |
|---|---|---|
| Gender | ||
| Male | 1080 | 43.2 |
| Female | 1418 | 56.8 |
| Region | ||
| East | 909 | 36.4 |
| Central | 566 | 22.7 |
| West | 1023 | 41.0 |
| Age, years | ||
| ≤ 30 | 448 | 17.9 |
| 31–40 | 1300 | 52.0 |
| 41–50 | 566 | 22.7 |
| ≥ 51 | 184 | 7.4 |
| Years in practice | ||
| < 10 | 1398 | 56.0 |
| 10–19 | 674 | 27.0 |
| ≥ 20 | 426 | 17.1 |
| Education | ||
| Bachelor’s degree and below | 806 | 32.3 |
| Master’s | 1267 | 50.7 |
| Doctorate | 425 | 17.0 |
| Technical title | ||
| Resident | 644 | 25.8 |
| Attending | 998 | 40.0 |
| Associate chief | 538 | 21.5 |
| Chief | 318 | 12.7 |
| Management position | ||
| Yes | 420 | 16.8 |
| No | 2078 | 83.2 |
| Specialty | ||
| Internal medicine | 568 | 22.7 |
| Surgery | 408 | 16.3 |
| Obstetrics | 425 | 17.0 |
| Paediatrics | 110 | 4.4 |
| Emergency medicine | 80 | 3.2 |
| Traditional Chinese medicine | 263 | 10.5 |
| Otolaryngology | 125 | 5.0 |
| Anaesthesiology | 109 | 4.4 |
| Ophthalmology | 63 | 2.5 |
| Stomatology | 54 | 2.2 |
| Other | 293 | 11.7 |