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Table 1 Characteristics of the study population

From: Community physicians’ attitudes towards meetings with representatives of pharmaceutical companies: a pilot study

 

Family physicians

(N = 139)

Consultants

(N = 31)

Total

(N = 170)

Age (years)

 Mean ± SD

43.0 ± 12.3

51.6 ± 11.1

44.6 ± 12.5

 Median

39

53

43

 Range

25–71

30–70

25–71

Gender [N (%)]

 Male

73 (52.5)

19 (61.3)

92 (54.1)

 Female

66 (47.5)

12 (38.7)

78 (45.9)

Country of birth [N (%)]

 Israel

71 (53.4)

7 (22.6)

78 (47.6)

 Other

62 (46.6)

24 (77.4)

86 (52.4)

Years in Israel (born abroad) [N (%)]

 Mean ± SD

24.3 ± 13.0

28.7 ± 5.3

25.6 ± 11.5

 Median

25

30

27

 Range

3–63

12–36

3–63

Country of graduation [N (%)]

 Israel

49 (36.3)

9 (29.0)

58 (34.9)

 Other

86 (63.7)

22 (71.0)

108 (65.1)

Seniority (years)

 Mean ± SD

17.1 ± 12.6

26.7 ± 12.9

18.9 ± 13.2

 Median

13

27

17

 Range

2–44

4–48

2–48

Professional status [N (%)]

 Specialist

71 (51.1)

30 (96.8)

101 (59.4)

 Resident

66 (47.5)

1 (3.2)

67 (39.4)

 Other

2 (1.4)

0

2 (1.2)

Years of work in clinic

 Mean ± SD

11.7 ± 11.6

14.3 ± 8.1

12.2 ± 11.1

 Median

6

16

9

 Range

0–48

1–35

0–48

Main clinic setting [N (%)]

 Urban

96 (70.6)

18 (58.1)

114 (68.3)

 Rural

17 (12.5)

0

17 (10.2)

 Urban + rural

10 (7.4)

2 (6.5)

12 (7.2)

 Community + hospital

13 (9.6)

11 (35.5)

24 (14.4)