Table 2 Physicians’ perceptions of professional autonomy, high quality of care, and job satisfaction in the three national samples (percentages in each category)
Physicians’ perceptions | CPHS - Canada | CTS - U.S. | NORDOC - Norway | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Totalb | Female | Male | Total | Female | Male | Totalc | Female | Male | |
(n = 3213) | (n = 1174) | (n = 2001) | (N = 6628) | (n = 1851) | (n = 4777) | (N = 657) | (n = 379) | (n = 272) | |
Adequate time | |||||||||
Strongly agree | 7 | 8 | 6 | 29 | 26 | 30 | 7 | 7 | 8 |
Agree | 39 | 37 | 40 | 38 | 36 | 39 | 44 | 43 | 45 |
Neither agree nor disagree | 18 | 18 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 20 | 20 |
Disagree | 28 | 29 | 28 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 24 | 25 | 22 |
Strongly disagree | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
Clinical freedom | |||||||||
Strongly agree | 10 | 10 | 11 | 55 | 52 | 56 | 12 | 10 | 14 |
Agree | 62 | 62 | 62 | 33 | 35 | 32 | 61 | 60 | 63 |
Neither agree nor disagree | 17 | 18 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 22 | 19 |
Disagree | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 4 |
Strongly disagree | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
High quality care | |||||||||
Strongly agree | 5 | 4 | 6 | 44 | 40 | 46 | 9 | 7 | 12 |
Agree | 41 | 39 | 42 | 35 | 38 | 34 | 50 | 48 | 53 |
Neither agree nor disagree | 22 | 24 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 26 | 20 |
Disagree | 26 | 29 | 24 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 17 | 18 | 14 |
Strongly disagree | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Job satisfaction a | |||||||||
Extremely satisfied | - | - | - | - | - | - | 22 | 22 | 21 |
Very satisfied | 46 | 42 | 47 | 42 | 42 | 41 | 44 | 43 | 45 |
Somewhat satisfied | 44 | 48 | 42 | 42 | 42 | 42 | 24 | 24 | 23 |
Neither satisfied/dissatisfied | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 7 |
Somewhat dissatisfied | 9 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Very dissatisfied | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Extremely dissatisfied | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 1 |