Table 1.

Characteristics of survey respondents

	Median (IQR)	N	%
Age	43 (37–52)
Sex
Male		356	85.8
Female		59	14.2
WHO Area
African region		11	2.7
American Region		74	17.8
Southeast Asian Region		18	4.3
European Region		276	66.5
East Mediterranean Region		13	3.1
West Pacific Region		23	5.5
Professional experience
Resident		12	2.9
0–5 years		81	19.5
6–15 years		147	35.4
> 15 years		175	42.2
Self-declared Expertise
General Surgery	4 (3–5)
Emergency and Trauma Surgery	4 (3–5)
Colorectal Surgery	3 (2–4)
Upper GI	3 (2–4)
HPB	2 (1–4)
Endocrine Surgery	2 (1–3)
Bariatric Surgery	1 (0–2)
Kind of Hospital
Private Hospital		104	25.1
Public Hospital		311	74.9
Hospital Level
First level – rural		21	5.1
Second level		106	25.5
Academic—referral hospital		288	69.4
presence of Emergency department		392	94.5
dedicated Emergency surgery unit		175	42.2
Time dedicated to emergency surgery
0%		4	1.0
1–25%		142	34.2
26–50%		147	35.4
> 50%		122	29.4