Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the physicians and stratified by region
Variables | Total | Central | Eastern | Western | P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(N = 20,132) | (N = 7,146) | (N = 7,385) | (N = 5,601) | ||
Department | < 0.001 | ||||
Pediatrics | 4417 (21.9) | 1664 (23.3) | 1661 (22.5) | 1092 (19.5) | |
Surgical | 3246 (16.1) | 1058 (14.8) | 1108 (15.0) | 1080 (19.3) | |
Non-surgical | 11,967 (59.4) | 4235 (59.3) | 4422 (59.9) | 3310 (59.1) | |
Diagnosis-related | 502 (2.6) | 189 (2.6) | 194 (2.6) | 119 (2.1) | |
Title | < 0.001 | ||||
Resident physician | 2868 (14.3) | 938 (13.1) | 929 (12.6) | 1001 (17.9) | |
Attending physician | 7154 (35.5) | 2644 (37.0) | 2509 (34.0) | 2001 (35.7) | |
Associate chief physician | 5699 (28.3) | 2052 (28.7) | 2133 (28.8) | 1514 (27.0) | |
Chief physician | 4411 (21.9) | 1512 (21.2) | 1814 (24.6) | 1085 (19.4) | |
Education | < 0.001 | ||||
Bachelor’s degree or below | 3997 (19.9) | 1424 (19.9) | 874 (11.8) | 1699 (30.3) | |
Master’s degree | 10,209 (50.7) | 3999 (56.0) | 3449 (46.7) | 2761 (49.3) | |
Doctorate/postdoc | 5926 (29.4) | 1723 (24.1) | 3062 (41.5) | 1141 (20.4) | |
Length of service | < 0.001 | ||||
≤ 5 | 3273 (16.3) | 1219 (17.1) | 1019 (13.8) | 1035 (18.5) | |
6–10 | 4889 (24.3) | 1728 (24.2) | 1729 (23.5) | 1432 (25.6) | |
11–20 | 6355 (31.6) | 2293 (32.1) | 2354 (32.0) | 1708 (30.5) | |
21–30 | 4000 (19.9) | 1332 (18.7) | 1606 (21.8) | 1062 (19.0) | |
>30 | 1579 (7.9) | 565 (7.9) | 659 (8.9) | 355 (6.4) |