Table 3

Relationships of cost-consciousness to socio-demographic and work-related characteristics of 1184 Swiss doctors, Geneva in Switzerland, 1998.


N
%
Cost-consciousness T score
P value

Sex



0.68a
Men
784
66
50.1

Women
400
34
49.8

Age (years) (21 missing)



0.05a
<35
263
23
50.4

35–50
568
49
50.5

>50
332
28
48.9

Years since graduation from medical school (17 missing)



0.22a
0–10
325
28
50.5

11–17
290
25
49.7

18–24
272
23
50.6

>24
280
24
49.1

Type of practice



0.001a
Public sector, in training
368
31
50.9

Public sector, senior staff
68
6
53.5

Private sector
748
63
49.3

Self-reported number of patients per week (83 missing)



<0.001b
<26
269
24
51.6

26–50
409
37
50.1

51–75
195
18
49.1

>75
228
21
48.6

Self-reported time spent (minutes) with a new patient (66 missing)



0.001b
<31
382
34
48.6

31–45
324
29
50.2

46–60
344
31
50.4

>60
68
6
52.5

Stress from uncertainty (20 missing)



<0.001b
Lowest quartile (1 – 2.13)
269
23
51.8

2nd quartile (2.15 – 2.67)
305
26
50.6

3rd quartile (2.69 – 3.23)
336
29
50.3

Highest quartile (3.25 – 5.0)
254
22
46.9

Work-related satisfaction (9 missing)



<0.001b
Lowest quartile (1.0 – 4.5)
284
24
48.2

2nd quartile (4.53 – 5.0)
338
29
49.6

3rd quartile (5.06 – 5.47)
271
23
50.7

Highest quartile (5.5 – 7.0)
282
24
51.6


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