Table 1 Demographic characteristics of physicians who had experience of encountering a patient with any of 34 rare diseases of concern
Characteristics | Total n = 3197 | Eastern n = 1493 | Central n = 1427 | Western n = 277 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Number (percent) | ||||
Gender | ||||
Male | 1456 (45.5%) | 724 (48.5%) | 620 (43.4%) | 112 (40.4%) |
Female | 1741 (54.5%) | 769 (51.5%) | 807 (56.6%) | 165 (59.6%) |
Age | ||||
18–25 | 41 (1.3%) | 14 (0.9%) | 22 (1.5%) | 5 (1.8%) |
26–35 | 1424 (44.5%) | 695 (46.6%) | 588 (41.2%) | 141 (50.9%) |
36–45 | 1075 (33.6%) | 516 (34.6%) | 484 (33.9%) | 75 (27.1%) |
46–55 | 544 (17.0%) | 223 (14.9%) | 276 (19.3%) | 45 (16.2%) |
56–65 | 106 (3.3%) | 43 (2.9%) | 53 (3.7%) | 10 (3.6%) |
66 + | 7 (0.2%) | 2 (0.1%) | 4 (0.3%) | 1 (0.4%) |
Birthplace | ||||
Urban area | 2843 (88.9%) | 1321 (88.5%) | 1285 (90.0%) | 237 (85.6%) |
Rural area | 351 (11.0%) | 171 (11.5%) | 140 (9.8%) | 40 (14.4%) |
Others | 3 (0.1%) | 1 (0.1%) | 2 (0.1%) | 0 (0.0%) |
Monthly income | ||||
< 5000 | 653 (20.4%) | 118 (7.9%) | 494 (34.6%) | 41 (14.8%) |
5000–10,000 | 2026 (63.4%) | 995 (66.6%) | 855 (59.9%) | 176 (63.5%) |
10,000–30,000 | 506 (15.8%) | 376 (25.2%) | 71 (5.0%) | 59 (21.3%) |
30,000–50,000 | 7 (0.2%) | 2 (0.1%) | 5 (0.4%) | 0 (0.0%) |
> 50,000 | 5 (0.2%) | 2 (0.1%) | 2 (0.1%) | 1 (0.4%) |
Province | ||||
Shandong | 298 (9.3%) | 298 (20.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) |
Jiangsu | 1195 (37.4%) | 1195 (80.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) |
Jiangxi | 468 (14.6%) | 0 (0.0%) | 468 (32.8%) | 0 (0.0%) |
Shanxi | 959 (30.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 959 (67.2%) | 0 (0.0%) |
Sichuan | 178 (5.6%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 178 (64.3%) |
Shannxi | 99 (3.1%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 99 (35.7%) |
Education | ||||
Secondary vocational school | 3 (0.1%) | 0 (0.0%) | 2 (0.1%) | 1 (0.4%) |
Three-year college | 19 (0.6%) | 3 (0.2%) | 10 (0.7%) | 6 (2.2%) |
Bachelor’s degree | 1104 (34.5%) | 345 (23.1%) | 667 (46.7%) | 92 (33.2%) |
Master’s degree | 1782 (55.7%) | 927 (62.1%) | 727 (50.9%) | 128 (46.2%) |
Doctorate/postdoc | 289 (9.0%) | 218 (14.6%) | 21 (1.5%) | 50 (18.1%) |
Title | ||||
Primary | 823 (25.7%) | 334 (22.4%) | 384 (26.9%) | 105 (37.9%) |
Middle | 1208 (37.8%) | 584 (39.1%) | 544 (38.1%) | 80 (28.9%) |
Vice-senior | 709 (22.2%) | 350 (23.4%) | 298 (20.9%) | 61 (22.0%) |
Senior | 435 (13.6%) | 217 (14.5%) | 190 (13.3%) | 28 (10.1%) |
None | 22 (0.7%) | 8 (0.5%) | 11 (0.8%) | 3 (1.1%) |
Working years | ||||
≤ 5 | 828 (25.9%) | 396 (26.5%) | 348 (24.4%) | 84 (30.3%) |
6–10 | 779 (24.4%) | 376 (25.2%) | 327 (22.9%) | 76 (27.4%) |
11–15 | 514 (16.1%) | 217 (14.5%) | 254 (17.8%) | 43 (15.5%) |
16–20 | 368 (11.5%) | 194 (13.0%) | 156 (10.9%) | 18 (6.5%) |
21–25 | 333 (10.4%) | 154 (10.3%) | 154 (10.8%) | 25 (9.0%) |
26–30 | 216 (6.8%) | 92 (6.2%) | 105 (7.4%) | 19 (6.9%) |
30 + | 159 (5.0%) | 64 (4.3%) | 83 (5.8%) | 12 (4.3%) |
Hospital class | ||||
Tertiary hospital | 3185 (99.6%) | 1492 (99.9%) | 1425 (99.9%) | 268 (96.8%) |
Secondary hospital | 8 (0.3%) | 1 (0.1%) | 0 (0.0%) | 7 (2.5%) |
Primary hospital | 4 (0.1%) | 0 (0.0%) | 2 (0.1%) | 2 (0.7%) |
Specialty | ||||
Anesthesiology | 33 (1.0%) | 6 (0.4%) | 27 (1.9%) | 0 (0.0%) |
Dermatology | 57 (1.8%) | 21 (1.4%) | 32 (2.2%) | 4 (1.4%) |
Emergency medicine | 89 (2.8%) | 37 (2.5%) | 52 (3.6%) | 0 (0.0%) |
Infectious diseases | 69 (2.2%) | 23 (1.5%) | 44 (3.1%) | 2 (0.7%) |
Intensive care | 86 (2.7%) | 58 (3.9%) | 24 (1.7%) | 4 (1.4%) |
Internal medicine | 1370 (42.9%) | 665 (44.5%) | 549 (38.5%) | 156 (56.3%) |
Laboratory medicine | 3 (0.1%) | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (0.1%) | 2 (0.7%) |
Obstetrics and gynecology | 133 (4.2%) | 62 (4.2%) | 58 (4.1%) | 13 (4.7%) |
Oncology | 74 (2.3%) | 48 (3.2%) | 21 (1.5%) | 5 (1.8%) |
Ophthalmology | 69 (2.2%) | 21 (1.4%) | 48 (3.4%) | 0 (0.0%) |
Orthopedic surgery, medical cosmetology | 11 (0.3%) | 4 (0.3%) | 7 (0.5%) | 0 (0.0%) |
Otolaryngology | 37 (1.2%) | 12 (0.8%) | 21 (1.5%) | 4 (1.4%) |
Pain medicine | 6 (0.2%) | 0 (0.0%) | 6 (0.4%) | 0 (0.0%) |
Pathology | 8 (0.3%) | 3 (0.2%) | 5 (0.4%) | 0 (0.0%) |
Pediatrics | 324 (10.1%) | 138 (9.2%) | 161 (11.3%) | 25 (9.0%) |
Psychiatry | 17 (0.5%) | 14 (0.9%) | 3 (0.2%) | 0 (0.0%) |
Radiology | 138 (4.3%) | 69 (4.6%) | 66 (4.6%) | 3 (1.1%) |
Sports medicine, rehabilitation | 86 (2.7%) | 26 (1.7%) | 49 (3.4%) | 11 (4.0%) |
Stomatology | 29 (0.9%) | 5 (0.3%) | 19 (1.3%) | 5 (1.8%) |
Surgery | 415 (13.0%) | 245 (16.4%) | 151 (10.6%) | 19 (6.9%) |
Traditional Chinese medicine | 39 (1.2%) | 11 (0.7%) | 25 (1.8%) | 3 (1.1%) |
Others | 104 (3.3%) | 25 (1.7%) | 58 (4.1%) | 21 (7.6%) |