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Table 1 Participants’ characteristics

From: Exploring defensive medicine: examples, underlying and contextual factors, and potential strategies - a qualitative study

Specialty/Subspecialty

Sex

University Faculty member

Work experience in the public sector (years)

Work experience in the private sector (years)

Clinical Practice Experience (years)

Healthcare Facility Management experience (years)

Health Policymaking experience (years)

Emergency medicine specialist

Male

Yes

Yes

2

22

10

NO

Gynecologist

Female

Yes

Yes

Yes

25

15

NO

General practitioner

Male

NO

NO

28

29

16

7

Internist

Male

Yes

Yes

7

20

30

12

Pediatrician, Subspecialist in pediatric nephrology

Male

Yes

Yes

NO

25

19

15

Pediatrician

Male

Yes

Yes

Yes

35

30

20

Anesthesiologist

Male

Yes

Yes

Yes

16

6

NO

Ophthalmologist, Subspecialist in oculoplastic surgery

Male

Yes

Yes

Yes

19

5.5

NO

Internist, Rheumatology subspecialist

Female

Yes

Yes

1

18

2

NO

Orthopedic surgeon

Male

Yes

Yes

4

20

6

2

General practitioner

Male

NO

Yes

NO

26

20

_ NO

Gynecologist

Female

NO

Yes

4

21

20

NO

Gynecologist, Subspecialty fellowship in Gynecologic Oncology

Female

Yes

Yes

25

33

15

NO

Gynecologist, Subspecialty fellowship in Maternal-fetal medicine

Female

Yes

Yes

Yes

36

30

25

Medical ethicist, lawyer, and General practitioner (M.D. /Ph.D.)

Male

Yes

Yes

25

25

5

NO

Pediatrician, Subspecialist in pediatric endocrinology

Male

Yes

Yes

Yes

30

11

4

Orthopedic surgeon, Subspecialty fellowship in knee joint surgery

Male

Yes

Yes

NO

15

2

NO

Emergency medicine specialist

Male

Yes

Yes

NO

24

13

7

General practitioner

Male

NO

Yes

Yes

22

22

22

Anesthesiologist

Male

Yes

Yes

NO

15

5

NO

ENT specialist

Male

Yes

Yes

Yes

30

35

20

Anesthesiologist

Male

Yes

+ Yes

Yes

27

11

11

Anesthesiologist

Male

Yes

Yes

NO

23

5

-

Ophthalmologist, Retina Subspecialist

Male

Yes

Yes

Yes

25

10

NO

Anesthesiologist

Male

Yes

Yes

6

20

6

NO

General Surgeon

Male

Yes

Yes

20

30

26

30

General surgeon, plastic surgery subspecialist

Male

Yes

Yes

10

33

14

15

Dentist, Maxillofacial surgeon

Male

Yes

Yes

Yes

32

25

25

Neurosurgeon

Male

Yes

+ Yes

+ Yes

20

3

1

Internist, Subspecialist in cardiology

Male

Yes

26+

8

36

30

4

Ophthalmologist, Cornea Subspecialist

Female

Yes

Yes

4

20

11

NO

Internist, gastroenterology Subspecialist

Male

Yes

Yes

Yes

17

5

NO

Internist, endocrinology Subspecialist

Male

Yes

Yes

Yes

28

27

NO

Orthopedic surgeon, subspecialty fellowship in knee joint surgery

Male

+ Yes

Yes

NO

12

11

5

Internist, Rheumatology Subspecialist

Male

Yes

Yes

_ NO

5

NO

NO

General surgeon, Subspecialist in liver and bile duct surgery

Male

Yes

Yes

Yes

30

14

10

Anesthesiologist

Male

Yes

+ Yes

Yes

35

25

15

Cardiologist, Subspecialty fellowship in Interventional Cardiology

Male

Yes

Yes

10

16

5

NO

Medical ethicist and General practitioner (M.D. /Ph.D.)

Male

NO

20

3

20

12

4

General surgeon, Subspecialist in pediatric surgery

Female

Yes

Yes

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20

20

16

Medical ethicist and General practitioner (M.D. /Ph.D.)

Male

Yes

Yes

Yes

6

7

2

Internist, Subspecialist in gastroenterology

Male

Yes

Yes

Yes

20

1

- NO

Anesthesiologist

Male

Yes

Yes

Yes

27

26

15