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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of hospital pharmacists in Shaanxi Province

From: Hospital pharmacists’ knowledge of and attitudes towards the implementation of the National Essential Medicines System: a questionnaire survey in western China

Demographic information

Public secondary/tertiary hospitals n (%)

Primary healthcare institutions n (%)

Overall n (%)

p-value

Sex

   

0.324

 Male

199 (37.9)

60 (33.5)

259 (36.8)

 

 Female

326 (62.1)

119 (66.5)

445 (63.2)

 

Age group (years)

   

0.516

  ≤ 25

36 (6.9)

10 (5.6)

46 (6.5)

 

 26–35

161 (30.7)

61 (34.1)

222 (31.5)

 

 36–45

186 (35.4)

67 (37.4)

253 (35.9)

 

 46–55

125 (23.8)

33 (18.4)

158 (22.4)

 

  ≥ 56

17 (3.2)

8 (4.5)

25 (3.6)

 

Working years group

   

0.272

  ≤ 5

101 (19.2)

28 (15.6)

129 (18.3)

 

 6–10

70 (13.3)

35 (19.6)

105 (14.9)

 

 11–20

147 (28.0)

53 (29.6)

200 (28.4)

 

 21–30

164 (31.2)

50 (27.9)

214 (30.4)

 

  ≥ 31

43 (8.2)

13 (7.3)

56 (8.0)

 

Education level

   

<0.001

 Master and above

28 (5.3)

1 (0.6)

29 (4.1)

 

 Bachelor

251 (47.8)

45 (25.1)

296 (42.0)

 

 College

182 (34.7)

100 (55.9)

282 (40.1)

 

 Secondary school or below

64 (12.2)

33 (18.4)

97 (13.8)

 

Technical title

   

<0.001

 Senior

96 (18.3)

9 (5.0)

105 (14.9)

 

 Intermediate

275 (52.4)

83 (46.4)

358 (50.9)

 

 Junior

144 (27.4)

75 (41.9)

219 (31.1)

 

 None

10 (1.9)

12 (6.7)

22 (3.1)

 

Number of training sessions received

  

0.068

 None

160 (30.5)

74 (41.3)

234 (33.2)

 

 1–2 courses

303 (57.7)

87 (48.6)

390 (55.4)

 

 3–5 courses

54 (10.3)

16 (8.9)

70 (9.9)

 

 More than 5 courses

8 (1.5)

2 (1.1)

10 (1.4)

 
  1. All p-values are based on chi-square analysis