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Table 3 Characteristics of the physicians followed up in 2016

From: The salary of physicians in Chinese public tertiary hospitals: a national cross-sectional and follow-up study

Item

Number

Percent

Gender

 Male

1080

43.2

 Female

1418

56.8

Region

 East

909

36.4

 Central

566

22.7

 West

1023

41.0

Age, years

  ≤ 30

448

17.9

 31–40

1300

52.0

 41–50

566

22.7

  ≥ 51

184

7.4

Years in practice

  < 10

1398

56.0

 10–19

674

27.0

  ≥ 20

426

17.1

Education

 Bachelor’s degree and below

806

32.3

 Master’s

1267

50.7

 Doctorate

425

17.0

Technical title

 Resident

644

25.8

 Attending

998

40.0

 Associate chief

538

21.5

 Chief

318

12.7

Management position

 Yes

420

16.8

 No

2078

83.2

Specialty

 Internal medicine

568

22.7

 Surgery

408

16.3

 Obstetrics

425

17.0

 Paediatrics

110

4.4

 Emergency medicine

80

3.2

 Traditional Chinese medicine

263

10.5

 Otolaryngology

125

5.0

 Anaesthesiology

109

4.4

 Ophthalmology

63

2.5

 Stomatology

54

2.2

 Other

293

11.7