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Relationships of cost-consciousness to socio-demographic and work-related characteristics of 1184 Swiss doctors, Geneva in Switzerland, 1998. |
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| N |
% |
Cost-consciousness T score |
P value |
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| Sex |
0.68a |
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| Men |
784 |
66 |
50.1 |
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| Women |
400 |
34 |
49.8 |
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| Age (years) (21 missing) |
0.05a |
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| <35 |
263 |
23 |
50.4 |
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| 35–50 |
568 |
49 |
50.5 |
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| >50 |
332 |
28 |
48.9 |
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| Years since graduation from medical school (17 missing) |
0.22a |
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| 0–10 |
325 |
28 |
50.5 |
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| 11–17 |
290 |
25 |
49.7 |
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| 18–24 |
272 |
23 |
50.6 |
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| >24 |
280 |
24 |
49.1 |
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| Type of practice |
0.001a |
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| Public sector, in training |
368 |
31 |
50.9 |
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| Public sector, senior staff |
68 |
6 |
53.5 |
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| Private sector |
748 |
63 |
49.3 |
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| Self-reported number of patients per week (83 missing) |
<0.001b |
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| <26 |
269 |
24 |
51.6 |
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| 26–50 |
409 |
37 |
50.1 |
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| 51–75 |
195 |
18 |
49.1 |
|
| >75 |
228 |
21 |
48.6 |
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| Self-reported time spent (minutes) with a new patient (66 missing) |
0.001b |
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| <31 |
382 |
34 |
48.6 |
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| 31–45 |
324 |
29 |
50.2 |
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| 46–60 |
344 |
31 |
50.4 |
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| >60 |
68 |
6 |
52.5 |
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| Stress from uncertainty (20 missing) |
<0.001b |
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| Lowest quartile (1 – 2.13) |
269 |
23 |
51.8 |
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| 2nd quartile (2.15 – 2.67) |
305 |
26 |
50.6 |
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| 3rd quartile (2.69 – 3.23) |
336 |
29 |
50.3 |
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| Highest quartile (3.25 – 5.0) |
254 |
22 |
46.9 |
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| Work-related satisfaction (9 missing) |
<0.001b |
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| Lowest quartile (1.0 – 4.5) |
284 |
24 |
48.2 |
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| 2nd quartile (4.53 – 5.0) |
338 |
29 |
49.6 |
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| 3rd quartile (5.06 – 5.47) |
271 |
23 |
50.7 |
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| Highest quartile (5.5 – 7.0) |
282 |
24 |
51.6 |
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a: ANOVA, difference between groups b: ANOVA, test for linearity. | ||||
Bovier et al. BMC Health Services Research 2005 5:72 doi:10.1186/1472-6963-5-72 |
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