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Table 2 Background information of the respondents in the study of outpatient waiting areas (n = 680)

From: Hospital outpatient perceptions of the physical environment of waiting areas: the role of patient characteristics on atmospherics in one academic medical center

Variables

Scale

Frequency

%

Mean

SD

Patient characteristics

     

Gender

Male

277

40.70

  
 

Female

403

59.30

  

Age (years)

 

Min:16

Max: 86

37.56

12.84

Education

Undergraduate and above

372

54.71

  
 

Senior high school

213

31.32

  
 

Junior high school

36

5.29

  
 

Elementary school and below

21

3.09

  
 

Missing

38

5.59

  

Monthly income (money rate: Taiwan NT$: USA$ ≈ 33:1)

 

NT$20,000 below

67

9.85

  
 

NT$20,000–29,999

124

18.24

  
 

NT$30,000–49,999

157

23.09

  
 

NT$50,000–69,999

83

12.21

  
 

NT$70,000–above

45

6.62

  
 

No salary

104

15.29

  
 

Missing

100

14.71

  

Living area

City residents

372

54.71

  
 

Outside city residents

276

40.59

  
 

Missing

32

4.71

  

Patient visiting information

     

Visits

First-time patients

553

0.81

  
 

Returning patients

124

0.18

  
 

Missing

3

0.00

  

Visiting time

Morning

340

50.0

  
 

Afternoon

340

50.0

  

Waiting areas

Internal Medicines

160

23.53

  
 

Surgeries

120

17.65

  
 

Ophthalmology

40

5.88

  
 

Obstetrics-Gynecology-Pediatrics

80

11.76

  
 

Chinese Medicine

120

17.65

  
 

Otolaryngology

40

5.88

  
 

Orthopedics

40

5.88

  
 

Family Medicine

40

5.88

  
 

Dermatology

40

5.88

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