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Table 2 Baseline characteristics of hospitals and physicians

From: Factors affecting the use of clinical practice guidelines by hospital physicians: the interplay of IT infrastructure and physician attitudes

 

Hospital IT score

Overall

Low (0-3)

Medium (4-6)

High (7-10)

Hospitals

N = 16

N = 28

N = 17

N = 61

 Beds, median (IQR)

336 (211-492)

396 (255-513)

535 (412-648)

425 (296-529)

 Teaching hospitals, N (%)

11 (68.8)

24 (85.7)

15 (88.2)

50 (82.0)

 Hospital IT score, median (IQR)

3.0 (2.0-3.0)

5.0 (4.0-6.0)

8.0 (7.0-8.0)

6.0 (4.0-8.0)

Physicians (n, %)

n = 84

n = 247

n = 204

n = 535

 Sex

  Male

61 (72.6)

190 (76.9)

158 (77.5)

409 (76.4)

  Female

23 (27.4)

57 (23.1)

46 (22.5)

126 (23.6)

 Age

  20~29 years

56 (66.7)

173 (70.0)

151 (74.0)

380 (71.0)

  30~39 years

13 (15.5)

42 (17.0)

26 (12.7)

81 (15.1)

  40~49 years

1 (1.2)

4 (1.6)

3 (1.5)

8 (1.5)

  50~59 years

0

0

1 (0.5)

1 (0.2)

  N/A

14 (16.7)

28 (11.3)

23 (11.3)

65 (12.1)

 Years of residency

  Junior (1 to 2 years)

48 (57.1)

157 (63.6)

124 (60.8)

329 (61.5)

  Senior (3 to 5 years)

19 (22.6)

57 (23.1)

51 (25.0)

127 (23.7)

 Specialty (include rotations in the residency programmes)

  Internal medicine

21 (25.0)

74 (30.0)

48 (23.5)

143 (26.7)

  Surgery

17 (20.2)

55 (22.3)

32 (15.7)

104 (19.4)

  Emergency

4 (4.8)

8 (3.2)

10 (4.9)

22 (4.1)

  Paediatrics

2 (2.4)

8 (3.2)

13 (6.4)

23 (4.3)

  N/A

40 (47.6)

102 (41.3)

101 (49.5)

243 (45.4)

  1. IQR interquartile range, N/A not available