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Table 1 Background characteristics of respondents by their residency: private- versus public-sector loaded specialism

From: What motivates physicians to propose private services in a mixed private-public healthcare system? A mixed methods study

 

Private loaded specialism

Public loaded specialism

P-value

U/χ2

n = 146

n = 51

Age [years] (Mean ± S.D)

57.95 ± 9.3

57.64 ± 8.86

0.813

3283

Gender

 Males n (%)

132 (90.4)

33 (64.7)

< 0.001

18.357

 Females n (%)

14 (9.6)

18 (35.3)

  

Residency and fellowship details

 Years since end of residency (Mean ± S.D.)

21.63 ± 10.18

22.0 ± 10.56

0.927

3191

 Duration of residency and fellowship (years) (Mean ± S.D.)

7.03 ± 1.71

7.07 ± 1.30

0.878

2925

Working district

 North n (%)

85 (59)

25 (51.1)

0.428

1.699

 Center n (%)

44 (30.6)

15 (31.9)

  

 South n (%)

15 (10.4)

8 (17)

  

Working frameworks

 Working in public hospital n (%)

110 (75.3)

47 (92.2)

0.010

6.604

 Working in private hospital n (%)

45 (30.8)

5 (9.8)

0.003

8.816

 Employee in health fund n (%)

31 (21.2)

6 (11.8)

0.136

2.221

 Semi-private clinic n (%)

45 (30.8)

8 (15.7)

0.036

4.403

 Private clinic n (%)

41 (28.1)

4 (7.8)

0.003

8.784

 Number of frameworks (Median)

3

1

< 0.001

1993

 Engaging in dual practice n (%)

114 (78.1)

21 (41.2)

< 0.001

23.87

 Estimated number of patients [per week] (Mean ± S.D)

72.61 ± 23.15

48.0 ± 23.0

< 0.001

2000