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Table 3 Patients’ consent to diagnostic tests

From: Patient-centred care and patient autonomy: doctors’ views in Chinese hospitals

Doctors

Answer 1

%

Answer 2

%

Answer 3

%

Answer 4

%

Answer 5

%

All doctors

36.8

25.2

23.9

13.7

0.5

From QFSH

37.9

24.6

23.1%

13.8%

0.6

From LWH

29.8

28.6

28.6%

13.1%

0.0

From surgical units

45.2

18.8

21.0

14.6

0.3

From non-surgical units

27.9

31.9

26.8

12.8

0.7

Male doctors

37.6

23.5

23.8

14.5

0.6

Female doctors

36.0

27.0

23.7

13.0

0.3

Chief physicians

30.8

32.5%

23.9

12.8

0.0

Deputy chief physicians

35.2

23.0%

29.5

11.5

0.8

Attending physicians

32.4

27.9%

22.3

17.3

0.0

Medical residents

46.0

19.6%

20.6

12.7

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