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Table 1 Socio-demographic and professional characteristics of public and private physicians in urban Pakistan

From: How well can physicians manage Tuberculosis? A Public-Private sector comparison from Karachi, Pakistan

Variable

Public

Private

All

p-value

 

n = 100 (%)

n = 96 (%)

n = 196 (%)

 

Age in years

20-35

29 (29.0)

46 (48.0)

75 (38.0)

0.038*

36-50

46 (46.0)

25 (26.0)

71 (36.0)

 

>50

25 (25.0)

25 (26.0)

50 (26.0)

 

Sex

 

Male

56 (56.0)

66 (69.0)

122 (62.0)

0.452

Female

44 (44.0)

30 (31.0)

74 (38.0)

 

Qualification

 

MBBS

46 (46.0)

55 (57.0)

101 (51.5)

0.50

Diploma/Fellow

54 (54.0)

41 (43.0)

95 (48.5)

 

Years of practice

≤10 years

37 (37.0)

59 (61.5)

96 (49.0)

0.001*

>10 years

63 (63.0)

37 (38.5)

100 (51.0)

 

NTP Training

Yes

29 (29.0)

32 (33.0)

61 (31.0)

0.255

No

71 (71.0)

64 (67.0)

135 (69.0)

 

Follow DOTS methodology

Yes

47 (47.0)

50 (52.0)

97 (50.0)

 

No

36 (36.0)

30 (32.0)

66 (33.0)

0.388

Don’t know

17 (17.0)

16 (16.0)

33 (17.0)

 

Opinion regarding involvement of private physicians in TB Dots program

Yes

91 (91.0)

87 (91.0)

178 (91.0)

 

No

5 (5.0)

4 (4.0)

9 (4.5)

0.254

Don’t know

4 (4.0)

5 (5.0)

9 (4.5)

 
  1. *p-value <0.05 was considered as significant.