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Table 1 Description of the sample by level of care: sociodemographic, employment characteristics and type of area

From: Do primary and secondary care doctors have a different experience and perception of cross-level clinical coordination? Results of a cross-sectional study in the Catalan National Health System (Spain)

 

Total

PC

SC

 

(N = 3308)

(N = 1141)

(N = 2167)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

p

Sociodemographic characteristics

 Sex

   

< 0.001

  Male

1214 (42.12)

307 (31.01)

907 (47.94)

 

  Female

1668 (57.88)

683 (68.99)

985 (52.06)

 

 Age

   

< 0.001

  25–40 years

701 (25.46)

180 (18.97)

521 (28.88)

 

  41–55 years

1278 (46.42)

486 (51.21)

792 (43.90)

 

  56–70 years

774 (28.11)

283 (29.82)

491 (27.22)

 

 Country of birth

   

0.345

  Spain

2469 (87.37)

858 (88.18)

1611 (86.94)

 

  Other

357 (12.63)

115 (11.82)

242 (13.06)

 

 Medical speciality

   

< 0.001

  Clinical speciality

2163 (78.37)

954 (98.76)*

1209 (67.39)

 

  Surgical speciality

265 (9.60)

0 (0)

265 (14.77)

 

  Medical and surgical speciality

332 (12.03)

12 (1.24)

320 (17.84)

 

Employment characteristics

 Years working as a doctor

   

< 0.001

  0 to 10 years

378 (13.54)

88 (9.11)

290 (15.89)

 

  11 to 20 years

929 (33.29)

329 (34.06)

600 (32.88)

 

  21 to 30 years

805 (28.84)

318 (32.92)

487 (26.68)

 

  31 to 45 years

679 (24.33)

231 (23.91)

448 (24.55)

 

 Years working in the organization

   

< 0.001

  1 to 5 years

406 (14.62)

78 (8,13)

328 (18.05)

 

  6 to 15 years

972 (35)

297 (30.94)

675 (37.15)

 

  16 to 25 years

769 (27.69)

338 (35.21)

431 (23.72)

 

  26 to 45 years

630 (22.69)

247 (25.73)

383 (21.08)

 

 Type of contract a)

   

< 0.001

  Permanent

2630 (90.94)

965 (96.31)

1665 (88.10)

 

  Temporary

262 (9.06)

37 (3.69)

225 (11.90)

 

 Type of contract b)

   

0.233

  Full-time

2660 (91.88)

929 (92.71)

1731 (91.44)

 

  Part-time

235 (8.12)

73 (7.29)

162 (8.56)

 

Attitude towards job

 Satisfaction with the job in the organization

   

0.008

  Yes

2193 (84.80)

741 (82.24)

1452 (86.17)

 

  No

393 (15.20)

160 (17.76)

233 (13.83)

 

Type of area

 Area according to type of management of PC and SC

   

0.001

  One entity manages SC and majority of PC

1457 (44.04)

477 (41.81)

980 (45.22)

 

  One entity manages SC and minority of PC

892 (26.96)

354 (31.03)

538 (24.83)

 

  Different entities manage SC and PC

959 (28.99)

310 (27.17)

649 (29.95)

 

 Area according to type of hospital

   

< 0.001

  Local or regional hospitals

1857 (56.14)

770 (67.48)

1087 (50.16)

 

  Regional high-resolution hospitals

810 (24.49)

222 (19.46)

588 (27.13)

 

  High-technology hospitals

641 (19.38)

149 (13.06)

492 (22.70)

 
  1. * Family doctors