Table 2 |
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Respondents to the general hospital survey |
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|
1996 |
2002 |
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|
N = 743 |
% |
N = 464 |
% |
|
|
|
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|
Sex |
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|
Male |
624 |
84.0 |
418 |
90.1 |
|
Female |
7 |
0.9 |
0 |
0.0 |
|
NA |
112 |
15.1 |
46 |
9.9 |
|
Age |
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|
20's |
0 |
0.0 |
1 |
0.2 |
|
30's |
17 |
2.3 |
3 |
0.6 |
|
40's |
85 |
11.4 |
44 |
9.5 |
|
50's |
255 |
34.3 |
156 |
33.6 |
|
60's |
325 |
43.7 |
233 |
50.2 |
|
70's |
37 |
5.0 |
12 |
2.6 |
|
NA |
24 |
3.2 |
15 |
3.2 |
|
Hospital Position |
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|
Chief of Staff |
536 |
72.1 |
364 |
78.4 |
|
Co-chief of Staff |
110 |
14.8 |
57 |
12.3 |
|
Physician |
46 |
6.2 |
23 |
5.0 |
|
Administrator |
23 |
3.1 |
10 |
2.2 |
|
Other |
6 |
0.8 |
2 |
0.4 |
|
NA |
22 |
3.0 |
8 |
1.7 |
|
Hospital Type |
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|
National |
97 |
13.1 |
46 |
9.9 |
|
Public |
326 |
43.9 |
270 |
58.1 |
|
Private |
265 |
35.7 |
140 |
30.2 |
|
Other |
35 |
4.7 |
0 |
0.0 |
|
NA |
20 |
2.7 |
8 |
1.7 |
|
|
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Akabayashi et al. BMC Medical Ethics 2007 8:8 doi:10.1186/1472-6939-8-8 |
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