Table 1 Characteristics of participants in the study
Total | Eastern area | Central area | Western area | P | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | 705 | 410(58.2) | 169(24.0) | 126(17.9) | |
Practice hospital(%) | |||||
Level 2 | 102(14.5) | 69(16.8) | 18(10.7) | 15(11.9) | 0.105 |
Level 3 | 603(85.5) | 341(83.2) | 151(89.3) | 111(88.1) | |
Major(%) | |||||
Pancreatic surgery | 210(29.8) | 122(29.8) | 48(28.4) | 40(31.8) | 0.886 |
Hepato-biliary surgery | 247(35.0) | 143(34.9) | 61(36.1) | 43(34.1) | |
Gastrointestinal surgery | 118(16.7) | 72(17.6) | 26(15.4) | 20(15.9) | |
General surgery | 96(13.6) | 50(12.2) | 27(16.0) | 19(15.1) | |
Missing | 34(4.8) | 23(5.6) | 7(4.1) | 3(3.2) | |
Professional titles(%) | |||||
Resident | 133(18.9) | 74(18.0) | 43(25.4) | 16(12.7) | 0.067 |
Attending physician | 126(17.9) | 70(17.1) | 26(15.4) | 30(23.8) | |
Associate chief physician | 222(31.5) | 127(31.0) | 51(30.2) | 44(34.9) | |
Chief physician | 224(31.8) | 139(33.9) | 49(29.0) | 36(28.6) | |