Table 1.

Physician demographics

Characteristics	Demographics (n = 541)
Age, years	51.5 ± 9.6
Male, n (%)	500 (92.4)
Type of institution, n (%)
General hospital	309 (57.1)
Clinic (no beds available)	175 (32.3)
University hospital	40 (7.4)
Clinic (≤19 beds)	17 (3.1)
Specialty, n (%)
Internal medicine	265 (49.0)
Cardiology	110 (20.3)
Neurology	37 (6.8)
Nephrology	33 (6.1)
Diabetes	30 (5.5)
Other	24 (4.4)
Surgery	13 (2.4)
Gastroenterology	13 (2.4)
Respiratory medicine	10 (1.8)
Gerontology	3 (0.6)
Pediatrics	2 (0.4)
Plastic surgery	1 (0.2)
JSH-certified physician, n (%)	59 (10.9)
Average length of assessment at:
Initial diagnosis, minutes	15.6 ± 6.5
Follow-up, minutes	6.6 ± 3.4
Number of patients treated in the last month, median (min, max)	120 (30, 995)
<75 years of age, median (min, max)	60 (0, 660)
≥75 years of age, median (min, max)	60 (0, 540)
Number of patients with comorbidity, median (min, max)	80 (0, 735)
Diabetes, median (min, max)	30 (0, 730)
Kidney disease e.g., CKD, median (min, max)	20 (0, 400)
Heart disease e.g., CAD, median (min, max)	20 (0, 300)
Neurological disorder e.g., CVD, median (min, max)	16 (0, 250)
Other, median (min, max)	0 (0, 500)
Number of patients without comorbidities, median (min, max)	35 (0, 500)

Data shown as mean ± standard deviation unless otherwise stated

CAD coronary artery disease, CKD chronic kidney disease, CVD cerebral vascular disease, max maximum, min minimum, JSH Japanese Society of Hypertension