Table 1 Patients’ and physicians’ characteristics
From: Drug prescription goals in primary care: a cross-sectional study
| n (%) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Patients | ||
| Age | ||
| ≤ 14 | 372 | (17.4) |
| 15–44 | 616 | (28.8) |
| 45–74 | 840 | (39.2) |
| 75–97 | 313 | (14.6) |
| Gender | ||
| Males | 923 | (43.1) |
| Females | 1218 | (56.9) |
| Patient known by physician | ||
| Yes | 2017 | (94.2) |
| No | 124 | (5.8) |
| Medical fee exemption status | ||
| For long-term condition | 410 | (19.1) |
| For low income | 96 | (4.5) |
| Physicians | ||
| Gender | ||
| Males | 16 | (69.6) |
| Females | 7 | (30.4) |
| Age (yrs) | ||
| 31–39 | 5 | (21.7) |
| 40–49 | 5 | (21.7) |
| 50–59 | 9 | (39.2) |
| 59–66 | 4 | (17.4) |
| Work environment | ||
| Rural | 9 | (39.0) |
| Semi-rural | 8 | (34.8) |
| Urban | 6 | (26.2) |
| Type of practice | ||
| Multidisciplinary group/health care center | 6 | (26.0) |
| Group | 14 | (60.9) |
| Solo | 3 | (13.1) |
