How does patient-centered hospital culture affect clinical physicians’ medical professional attitudes and behaviours in Chinese public hospitals: a cross-sectional study?

Table 1 Characteristics of respondents in this study (n = 232)

Characteristic	Categories	n/N	%
Gender	Male	110/228	48.2
	Female	118/228	51.8
Age (years)	≤ 25	22/226	9.7
	26~	85/226	37.6
	31~	55/226	24.3
	36~	34/226	15.0
	≥ 41	30/226	13.3
Marital status	Married	149/226	65.9
	Single	76/226	33.6
	Divorced/widowed	1/226	0.4
Working years as a physician(years)	< 4	76/214	35.5
Working years as a physician(years)	4~	57/214	26.6
	10~	37/214	17.3
	≥ 15	44/214	20.6
Educational Background ^a	junior college	15/226	6.6
Educational Background ^a	Bachelor’s degree	120/226	53.1
	Master’s degree	65/226	28.8
	Doctor’s degree	26/226	11.5
Technical title ^b	To be appraised	107/224	47.8
	Junior	87/224	38.8
	Middle	22/224	9.8
	Senior	8/224	3.6
employment relationships ^c	Personnel Establishment/ Staffing of Public Institution	115/222	51.8
employment relationships ^c	Personnel Agency	44/222	19.8
	Contract	44/222	19.8
	Other	19/222	8.6
Working hours per week	< 44	31/225	13.8
	44~	99/225	44.0
	60~	64/225	28.4
	≥ 80	31/225	13.8
Income per year (RMB)	< 40,000	39/223	17.5
	40,000~	61/223	27.4
	60,000~	34/223	15.2
	80,000~	40/223	17.9
	≥ 100,000	49/223	22.0
Hospital	Y1(Grade II Level A, Jiangxi Province)	34/232	14.7
	Y2(Grade III Level A, Jiangxi Province)	37/232	15.9
	B1(Grade II Level A, Beijing)	65/232	28.0
	B2(Grade III Level A, Beijing)	38/232	16.4
	W1(Grade III Level A, Hubei Province)	58/232	25.0

Notes:
a. In medical education system in China, there are medical majors for both undergraduate and junior colleges. Those with a bachelor’s degree in medical majors can take the practicing physician qualification exam after one year of practice under a physician’s guidance. Individuals with a junior college degree can take the exam after two years of practice with an assistant practicing physician certificate. Those who pass the examinations and obtain the qualifications can apply for registration and practice. Therefore, the respondents could have junior college degrees
b. Physicians can obtain a junior professional title after one year of work following graduation. “To be appraised” refers to that physicians’ professional titles have not been evaluated because they have been working for less than one year
c. Staff with “personnel establishment” is recruited by the administrative department of health and assigned to hospitals. “Personnel agency” refers to the entrusted agency contract signed by the hospital and the personnel agency, the personnel file relationship of the staff is managed by the agency, and the hospital signs the labor contract with the employee. “Contract” means that the hospital directly signs a general labor contract

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