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Table 6 Characteristics of survey respondents regarding the medication surveillance program

From: Physician and pharmacist satisfaction and clinical needs for the real-time medication surveillance program in South Korea

Characteristics

Physicians

Pharmacists

Total national population (%)

No. of respondents (%)

p-value*

Total national population (%)

No. of respondents (%)

p-value*

Gender

 Male

81,000

(81.0)

366

(72.8)

< 0.01

14,000

(38.9)

213

(34.5)

0.04

 Female

19,000

(19.0)

137

(27.2)

0.02

22,000

(61.1)

404

(65.5)

0.04

Region

 Seoul

27,490

(29.5)

223

(44.3)

< 0.01

8215

(25.4)

252

(40.0)

< 0.01

 Gyeonggi-do

17,564

(19.0)

97

(19.3)

0.80

6966

(21.3)

120

(19.4)

0.24

 Incheon

4170

(4.5)

16

(3.2)

0.17

1503

(4.6)

24

(3.9)

0.10

 Gangwon-do

2492

(2.7)

12

(2.4)

0.70

893

(2.7)

17

(2.8)

0.92

 Daejeon

3316

(3.6)

12

(2.4)

0.16

1083

(3.3)

24

(3.9)

0.13

 Chungcheongbuk-do

2249

(2.4)

16

(3.2)

0.24

939

(3.0)

4

(0.6)

< 0.01

 Chungcheongnam-do

2859

(3.1)

17

(3.4)

0.67

1161

(3.6)

11

(1.8)

0.02

 Gwangju

3176

(3.4)

8

(1.6)

0.03

1082

(3.3)

10

(1.6)

0.02

 Jeollabuk-do

3369

(3.6)

15

(3.0)

0.46

1270

(3.9)

16

(2.6)

0.10

 Jeollanam-do

2898

(3.1)

8

(1.6)

0.05

1156

(3.5)

13

(2.1)

0.05

 Daegu

5247

(5.6)

18

(3.6)

0.05

7161

(5.5)

34

(5.5)

0.96

 Ulsan

1545

(1.7)

5

(1.0)

0.25

601

(1.8)

11

(1.8)

0.94

 Busan

7386

(8.0)

26

(5.2)

0.02

2370

(7.3)

39

(6.3)

0.33

 Gyeongsangbuk-do

3475

(3.7)

11

(2.2)

0.07

1392

(4.3)

15

(2.4)

0.02

 Gyeongsangnam-do

4778

(5.1)

18

(3.6)

0.12

1740

(5.4)

18

(2.9)

< 0.01

 Jeju

961

(1.0)

1

(0.2)

0.06

363

(1.1)

9

(1.5)

0.36

  1. * p-value was calculated with the two-sample Z test