Table 1 Characteristics of specialists in internal medicine working in general hospitals of the sample of 1996 and 2004
| Â | 1996 | 2004 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Full-timers (n = 199) | Part-timers (n = 20) | Total sample (n = 219) | Full-timers (n = 257) | Part-timers (n = 106) | Total sample (n = 363) |
Male (%) | 188 (94.5) | 11 (55) | 199 (90.9) | 228 (89.1)* | 54 (50.5) | 282 (77.7)*** |
Mean age (sd) | 46.9 (8.2) | 49.0 (9.5) | 47.1 (8.4) | 48.9 (7.0)** | 47.8 (7.6) | 48.6 (7.2)* |
Mean FTE (sd) | 1.0 (.00) | 0.68 (.20) | .97 (.11) | 1.0 (.00) | .76 (.15)* | .93 (0.14)*** |
Mean hours (sd) | 57.1 (9.1) | 38.3 (11.4) | 55.9 (10.3) | 53.9 (8.1)** | 40.4 (14.3) | 50 (11.9)*** |