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Table 1 Breakdown of physician specialty for qualitative component health region versus interview sample (June 2006) and quantitative component health region versus survey sample (June 2008)

From: Not all coping strategies are created equal: a mixed methods study exploring physicians' self reported coping strategies

 

Qualitative component (interviews)

June 2006

Quantitative component (survey)

June 2008

Specialty

Health Region a

N(%)

Sample

N(%)

Health Region a

N(%)

Sample

N(%)

Anesthesiology

138 (6%)

3 (7%)

145 (6%)

73(6%)

Cardiology

71 (3%)

2 (4%)

  

Clinical Neurology

60 (3%)

1 (2%)

72 (3%)

18 (2%)

Critical Care

43 (2%)

1 (2%)

  

Diagnostic Imaging

83 (4%)

2 (4%)

83 (4%)

22 (2%)

Emergency

81 (4%)

2 (4%)

87 (3%)

58 (5%)

Family

695 (31%)

11 (26%)

772 (31%)

407 (33%)

Internal Medicineb

271 (12%)

6 (14%)

447 (18%)

199 (17%)

Obstetrics/Gynecology

60 (3%)

2 (4%)

68 (3%)

24 (2%)

Pathology

60 (3%)

1 (2%)

66 (3%)

26 (2%)

Pediatrics

174 (8%)

4 (9%)

198 (8%)

78 (7%)

Psychiatry

123 (6%)

2 (4%)

123 (5%)

73 (6%)

Ruralc

142 (6%)

4 (9%)

181 (7%)

82 (7%)

Surgery

206 (9%)

4 (9%)

220 (9%)

117 (10%)

Other

   

83 (7%)

TOTAL

2207 (100%)

42 (100%)

2488 (100%)

1178 (100%)

  1. a Based on Department and division counts for the Health Region June 2006 and 2008
  2. b Includes cardiology and critical care in 2008
  3. c Included one anesthesiologist and three family physicians for 2006. In our 2008 survey, we asked physicians if they practiced in a rural area in a separate question about location of practice. The 82 rural physicians in our sample are classified both in their specialty area and as rural physicians.