Variable | Value | |
---|---|---|
Observation setting | Public sector | 195 (n) |
Private sector | 198 (n) | |
Self-reported number of patients seen by physicians in that setting (public or private) per day (Mean and Standard Deviation) | 30.35 (17.81) | |
Consultation time in minutes (mean and standard deviation) | 5.04 (2.45) | |
Gender of physician | Male | 78.37 (%) |
Female | 21.63 (%) | |
Age of physician | Less than 30Â Years | 33.84 (%) |
30 to less than 40Â Years | 35.62 (%) | |
40 to less than 50Â Years | 11.45 (%) | |
More than or equal to 50Â years | 19.08 (%) | |
Origin of physician (i.e., whether from the same upazila) | Local | 33.33 (%) |
Not local | 66.67 (%) | |
Year of graduation of physician | After 2000 | 68.18 (%) |
Between 1990 and 2000 | 11.70 (%) | |
Between 1980 and 1990 | 17.30 (%) | |
Before 1980 | 3.82 (%) | |
Rural work experience of physician | 2Â Years or less | 51.91 (%) |
More than 2 to 5Â years | 16.03 (%) | |
More than 5 to 10Â years | 9.92 (%) | |
More than 10Â years | 22.14 (%) | |
Type of medical college the physician passed from | Public | 92.62 (%) |
Private | 6.62 (%) | |
Foreign | 0.76 (%) | |
Gender of patient | Male | 39.69 (%) |
Female | 60.31 (%) | |
Age of patient | Less than 30Â years | 23.16 (%) |
30 to less than 40Â years | 20.87 (%) | |
40 to less than 50Â years | 24.94 (%) | |
More than or equal to 50Â years | 31.04 (%) | |
Level of education of patient | Illiterate | 21.88 (%) |
Up to primary (5Â Years) education | 26.72 (%) | |
Up to secondary (10Â Years) education | 32.06 (%) | |
More than secondary education | 19.34 (%) |