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Table 4 Comparison of respondents preference by socio- demographic characteristic (2011 vs 21,013)

From: Perception and attitude of Korean physicians towards generic drugs

 

2011 N (%)

2013 N (%)

 Variables

Total

Original

GD

Neutral

p values

Total

Original

GD

Neutral

p values

 Total

361

(100.0)

277

(76.7%)

8

(2.2%)

76

(21.1%)

 

296

(100.0)

216

(73.0%)

34

(11.5%)

46

(15.5%)

 

Type of clinical facility

 

 University hospital

206

172

(83.5%)

1

(0.5%)

33

(16.0%)

**

149

125

(83.8%)

8

(5.4%)

16

(10.8%)

**

 General hospital

72

54

(75.0%)

3

(4.2%)

15

(20.8%)

 

48

40 (83.3%)

2 (4.2%)

6

(12.5%)

 

 Hospital

17

13

(76.5%)

0

(0%)

4

(23.5%)

 

13

9 (69.2%)

2

(15.4%)

2 (15.4%)

 

 Clinic

59

34

(57.6%)

3

(5.1%)

22

(37.3%)

 

77

39 (50.6%)

18 (23.4%)

2

(26.0%)

 

 Dental hospital

7

4

(57.1%)

1

(14.3%)

2

(28.6%)

 

9

3

(33.3%)

4 (44.4%)

2 (22.2%)

 

Specialty

 

 Internal medicine

70

55 (78.6%)

2

(2.9%)

13 (18.6%)

 

48

41

(85.4%)

1

(2.1%)

6

(12.5%)

 

 Surgery

129

96 (74.4%)

2

(1.6%)

31 (24.0%)

 

79

50

(63.3%)

11

(14.0%)

18

(22.8%)

 

 Psychiatry and Neurology

27

21 (77.8%)

1

(3.7%)

5 (18.5%)

 

16

11

(68.8%)

3

(18.8%)

2

(12.5%)

 

 Obstetrics and Gynecology, Pediatrics

48

39

(81.3%)

0

(0%)

9 (18.8%)

 

35

25

(71.4%)

1

(2.9%)

9

(25.7%)

 

 Dermatology, Urology

29

25 (86.2%)

0

(0%)

4 (13.8%)

 

25

18

(72.0%)

2

(8.0%)

5

(20.0%)

 

 Ophthalmology, Otolaryngology

33

27 (81.8%)

1

(3.0%)

5 (15.2%)

 

43

34

(79.1%)

5

(11.6%)

4

(9.3%)

 

 Other

25

14 (56.0%)

2

(8.0%)

9 (36.0%)

 

50

33

(66.0%)

10

(20.0%)

7

(14.0%)

 

Hospital location

 

 Seoul

115

90 (78.3%)

0

(0%)

25 (21.7%)

*

96

73

(76.0%)

9

(9.4%)

14

(14.6%)

*

 Incheon/ Gyeonggi

84

65 (77.4%)

2 (2.4%)

17 (20.2%)

 

66

49

(74.2%)

5

(7.6%)

12

(18.2%)

 

 Busan/ Ulsan/ Gyeongnam

50

41 (82.0%)

0

(0%)

9

(18.0%)

 

35

23

(65.7%)

4

(11.4%)

8

(22.9%)

 

 Daegu/

 Gyeongbuk

31

24 (77.4%)

1

(3.2%)

6 (19.4%)

 

28

22

(78.6%)

1

(3.6%)

5

(17.9%)

 

 Daejeon/ Chungcheong

35

25 (71.4%)

1

(2.9%)

9 (25.7%)

 

34

26

(76.5%)

4

(11.8%)

4

(11.8%)

 

 Gwangju/ Jeonra

41

30 (73.2%)

2

(4.9%)

9 (22.0%)

 

34

21

(61.8%)

10

(29.4%)

3

(8.8%)

 

 Gangwon

1

0

(0%)

0

(0%)

1 (100%)

 

1

0

(0%)

1 (100%)

0

(0%)

 

 Jeju

4

2 (50.0%)

2 (50.0%)

0

(0%)

 

2

2

(100%)

0

(0%)

0

(0%)

 
  1. *p<0.05, **p<0.01 using chi-square test