Table 1.
Characteristics of the hospitals and respondents* (153 hospitals)
| Hospital characteristics | |
| Beds, mean±SD (range); median | 339±182 (63–1161); 303 |
| Teaching hospitals, n (%) | 115 (75.2) |
| Hospital size, n (%) | |
| >500 beds | 25 (16.3) |
| ≤500 beds | 128 (83.7) |
| Full-time physicians, mean±SD (range) | 61.9±43.3 (8–268) |
| Resident physicians, mean±SD (range) | 21.2±29.2 (0–197) |
| Respondent characteristics | n (%) |
| Sex | |
| Male | 125 (81.7) |
| Female | 19 (12.4) |
| No response | 9 (5.9) |
| Age (years) | |
| 20–29 | 5 (3.3) |
| 30–39 | 21 (13.7) |
| 40–49 | 28 (18.3) |
| 50–59 | 50 (32.7) |
| 60–69 | 39 (25.5) |
| No response | 10 (6.5) |
| Appointment | |
| Hospital administrator (physician) | 69 (45.1) |
| Chief general manager (non-physician) | 38 (24.8) |
| Others | 34 (22.2) |
| No response | 12 (7.8) |
*Respondents answered the questions as representatives of their hospital.