Primary care physicians’ satisfaction after health care reform: a cross-sectional study from two cities in Central Java, Indonesia

Table 1 Comparison of overall job satisfaction according to respondent characteristics

Variable	Overall job satisfaction		p-value
Variable	Mean	SD	p-value
Determinants of job satisfaction
PCPs’ characteristics
Age (years)^a			0.005^*1
≤ 30	2.98	0.39
> 30 to ≤45	3.14	0.59
> 45 to ≤60	3.30	0.59
> 60	3.41	0.66
Gender			0.278²
Male	3.25	0.62
Female	3.16	0.51
Length of work in main practice (years)^b			0.004^*3
≤ 1	3.07	0.57
> 1 to ≤5	3.27	0.55
> 5 to ≤15	3.10	0.51
> 15	3.49	0.44
Job and practice characteristic
Type of practice^c			< 0.001^*1
Health centre	2.92	0.55
Health centre with inpatient care	2.90	0.43
PHC clinic	3.22	0.49
Solo practice	3.46	0.55
Average total income per month for the last 3 months^d			< 0.001^*3
≤ Rp. 3.000.000	3.27	0.50
> Rp 3.000.000 to ≤Rp 10.000.000	3.06	0.53
> Rp 10.000.000 to ≤Rp 20.000.000	3.22	0.53
> Rp 20.000.000 to ≤Rp 30.000.000	3.35	0.54
> Rp 30.000.000 to ≤Rp 40.000.000	3.44	0.40
> Rp 40.000.000 to ≤Rp 50.000.000	3.65	0.38
> Rp 50.000.000	3.83	0.68
Average number of JKN patients examined per day			0.535¹
0 to ≤40	3.18	0.54
> 40 to ≤80	3.23	0.54
> 80	3.05	0.73
Average number of privately insured and FFS patients examined per day			0.040^*1
0 to ≤40	3.20	0.53
> 40 to ≤80	2.92	0.62
> 80	3.49	0.74
Performing management task			< 0.001^*4
Yes	3.33	0.56
No	3.05	0.51
Perception of and experience with patients
Perception of and experience with patients			< 0.001^*4
Bad	2.86	0.44
Good	3.37	0.51

¹ANOVA
²Mann-Whitney U test
³Kruskal-Wallis H test
⁴t-test
^aStatistical significance: p < 0.05 for > 45 to ≤60 versus < 30
^bStatistical significance: p < 0.05 for > 15 versus < 1 year and > 15 versus > 5 to ≤15
^cStatistical significance: p < 0.001 for solo practice versus health centre and solo practice versus health centre with inpatient care; p < 0.05 for solo practice versus PHC clinic, PHC clinic versus health centre, and PHC clinic versus health centre with inpatient care
^d Statistical significance: p < 0.05 for Rp 3.000.000 to ≤Rp 10.000.000 versus >Rp 50.000.000

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