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Table 1 Characteristics of the consultations, physicians, and patients

From: Development and validation of a structured observation scale to measure responsiveness of physicians in rural Bangladesh

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 30 Years

33.84 (%)

30 to less than 40 Years

35.62 (%)

40 to less than 50 Years

11.45 (%)

More than or equal to 50 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

2 Years or less

51.91 (%)

More than 2 to 5 years

16.03 (%)

More than 5 to 10 years

9.92 (%)

More than 10 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 30 years

23.16 (%)

30 to less than 40 years

20.87 (%)

40 to less than 50 years

24.94 (%)

More than or equal to 50 years

31.04 (%)

Level of education of patient

Illiterate

21.88 (%)

Up to primary (5 Years) education

26.72 (%)

Up to secondary (10 Years) education

32.06 (%)

More than secondary education

19.34 (%)