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Table 1 Characteristics of study participants

From: Intrinsic and external determinants of antibiotic prescribing: a multi-level path analysis of primary care prescriptions in Hubei, China

Characteristics

Overall

Urban Community Health Center

Rural Township Health Center

p*

Number of respondents

499

108

391

–

Gender, n (%)

   

< 0.001

 Men

352 (70.54)

53 (49.07)

299 (76.47)

 

 Women

147 (29.46)

55 (50.93)

92 (23.53)

 

Age, Years (Mean ± SD)

43.38 ± 9.59

48.37 ± 10.26

42.00 ± 8.93

< 0.001

Years of clinical practices

16.28 ± 10.10

18.69 ± 11.40

15.61 ± 9.62

0.015

Qualification

< 0.001

 No degree

42 (8.42)

8 (7.41)

34 (8.70)

 

 Associate degree

266 (53.31)

38 (35.19)

228 (58.31)

 

 University degree

191 (38.28)

62 (57.41)

129 (32.99)

 

Professional title

   

< 0.001

 Junior

257 (51.50)

28 (25.93)

229 (58.57)

 

 Middle

191 (38.28)

53 (49.07)

138 (35.29)

 

 Senior

51 (10.22)

27 (25.00)

24 (6.14)

 

Annual household income (Â¥+)

< 0.001

  < 40,000

143 (28.66)

17 (15.74)

126 (32.23)

 

 40,000-79,999

253 (50.70)

47 (43.52)

206 (52.69)

 

 80,000–119,999

77 (15.43)

29 (26.85)

48 (12.28)

 

  ≥ 120,000

26 (5.21)

15 (13.89)

11 (2.81)

 

Training on antibiotic prescribing in 2017

0.001

 Attended

374 (74.95)

68 (62.96)

306 (78.26)

 

 Not attended/Not aware

125 (25.05)

40 (37.04)

85 (21.74)

 
  1. *Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney tests (continuous and ordinal variables) or Chi-square tests (binary variables); + ¥ represented the Chinese unit of currency, Renminbi (RMB)