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Table 2 Other characteristics of the investigated doctors

From: Application of propensity scores to explore the effect of public reporting of medicine use information on rational drug use in China: a quasi-experimental design

Variable name

Median ± SD/frequency (percent)

Gender

 

 Male

172 (62.77%)

 Female

102 (37.23%)

Education level

 

 High school or less

84 (30.66%)

 Some college or associates

139 (50.73%)

 Bachelors or higher

51 (18.61%)

Title

 

 Not certified

12 (4.38%)

 Certified doctor

57 (20.80%)

 House physician

60 (21.90%)

 Doctor in charge of a case

130 (47.45%)

 Assistant director physician and above

15 (5.47%)

Monthly income (yuan)

 

 <1500

63 (22.99%)

 1501-2000

101 (36.86%)

 2001-2500

62 (22.63%)

 2501-3000

130 (47.45%)

 >3001

15 (5.47%)

Age (year)

40 ± 9.91

Experience (year)

19.5  ± 12.25

  1. Note: The total number of sampled institutions was 274. For continuous and categorical variables, median  ± standard deviation and frequency (percent) were used, respectively.