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Table 2 Respondents Characteristics

From: A survey of Ethiopian physicians’ experiences of bedside rationing: extensive resource scarcity, tough decisions and adverse consequences

Characteristicsa

Percent

Total N

Gender:

 Women

21

563

 Men

79

Mean Age

31 (23–64) SD = 8.1

555

Age group:

  < 31

68

555

 31–40

21

 41–50

9

  > 50

3

Undergraduate medical training:

 Ethiopia

94

551

 Abroad

6

Postgraduate medical training:

 Ethiopia

94

278

 Abroad

6

Mean service year

6 (1–32) SD = 6.96

557

Years in practice:

 1–5

70

540

 6–10

15

 11–20

9

  > =21

6

Professional status:

 GPs

49

556

 Specialists

24

 Residents

27

Have private practice

38

565

Average work hour/week:

 Government

46 (SD = 3.1)

525

 Private

20 (SD = 1.3)

28

Average number of patients/week (in government hospital)

10–600 (SD = 13.5)

525

Involvement in medical academics (yes)

72

518

Involved as:

 Instructor

53

413

 Resident

36

 Researcher

5

 Others

6

Involvement in planning and decision making:

 Yes

28 (150)

559

 No

409 (71)

 
  1. aAll respondents were government employed
  2. Analysis done on valid N, excluding missing and not applicable