Table 1 |
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Demographic and educational characteristics of physicians registered with the two orders of physicians in Lebanon as of 2007; N = 10,918. |
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Age (mean; SD) |
46.6 |
10.8 |
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Sex* |
n |
% |
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Female |
2113 |
19.6% |
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Year of medical school graduation† |
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Before 1970 |
604 |
5.5% |
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1970 – 1979 |
1527 |
14.0% |
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1980 – 1989 |
3476 |
31.8% |
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1990 – 1999 |
3604 |
33.0% |
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After 1999 |
1079 |
9.9% |
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Region of medical school‡ |
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Lebanon |
3979 |
36.4% |
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Eastern Europe |
3345 |
30.6% |
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Western Europe |
1758 |
16.1% |
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Northern Africa |
710 |
6.5% |
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Other |
772 |
7.1% |
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Year of completion of specialty training§ |
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Before 1970 |
293 |
3.8% |
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1970 – 1979 |
730 |
9.4% |
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1980 – 1989 |
1948 |
25.0% |
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1990 – 1999 |
3257 |
41.8% |
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After 1999 |
1549 |
19.9% |
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Region of specialty training¶ |
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Western Europe |
2477 |
31.8% |
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Eastern Europe |
2212 |
28.4% |
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Lebanon |
2008 |
25.7% |
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Northern America |
617 |
7.9% |
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Other |
1034 |
5.4% |
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Type of specialty training |
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General practice (no specialty training) |
3119 |
28.6% |
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Primary care specialty |
2268 |
20.8% |
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Medical specialty |
1883 |
17.2% |
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Surgical specialty |
2438 |
22.3% |
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Other |
1210 |
11.1% |
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* Data missing for n = 124 (1.1%) † Data missing for n = 628 (5.8%) ‡ Data missing for n = 354 (3.2%) §Data missing for n = 22 (0.3%); excluding physicians reporting general practice ¶Data missing for n = 68 (n = 0.9%); excluding physicians reporting general practice |
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Akl et al. BMC Health Services Research 2008 8:195 doi:10.1186/1472-6963-8-195 |
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