Table 2 Baseline characteristics of hospitals and physicians
Hospital IT score | Overall | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Low (0-3) | Medium (4-6) | High (7-10) | ||
Hospitals | N = 16 | N = 28 | N = 17 | N = 61 |
Beds, median (IQR) | 336 (211-492) | 396 (255-513) | 535 (412-648) | 425 (296-529) |
Teaching hospitals, N (%) | 11 (68.8) | 24 (85.7) | 15 (88.2) | 50 (82.0) |
Hospital IT score, median (IQR) | 3.0 (2.0-3.0) | 5.0 (4.0-6.0) | 8.0 (7.0-8.0) | 6.0 (4.0-8.0) |
Physicians (n, %) | n = 84 | n = 247 | n = 204 | n = 535 |
Sex | ||||
Male | 61 (72.6) | 190 (76.9) | 158 (77.5) | 409 (76.4) |
Female | 23 (27.4) | 57 (23.1) | 46 (22.5) | 126 (23.6) |
Age | ||||
20~29 years | 56 (66.7) | 173 (70.0) | 151 (74.0) | 380 (71.0) |
30~39 years | 13 (15.5) | 42 (17.0) | 26 (12.7) | 81 (15.1) |
40~49 years | 1 (1.2) | 4 (1.6) | 3 (1.5) | 8 (1.5) |
50~59 years | 0 | 0 | 1 (0.5) | 1 (0.2) |
N/A | 14 (16.7) | 28 (11.3) | 23 (11.3) | 65 (12.1) |
Years of residency | ||||
Junior (1 to 2 years) | 48 (57.1) | 157 (63.6) | 124 (60.8) | 329 (61.5) |
Senior (3 to 5 years) | 19 (22.6) | 57 (23.1) | 51 (25.0) | 127 (23.7) |
Specialty (include rotations in the residency programmes) | ||||
Internal medicine | 21 (25.0) | 74 (30.0) | 48 (23.5) | 143 (26.7) |
Surgery | 17 (20.2) | 55 (22.3) | 32 (15.7) | 104 (19.4) |
Emergency | 4 (4.8) | 8 (3.2) | 10 (4.9) | 22 (4.1) |
Paediatrics | 2 (2.4) | 8 (3.2) | 13 (6.4) | 23 (4.3) |
N/A | 40 (47.6) | 102 (41.3) | 101 (49.5) | 243 (45.4) |