Monitoring quality in Israeli primary care: The primary care physicians' perspective

Table 4 The relationship between the main study variables and selected physician characteristics

	Excessive managerial pressure	Excessive workload	Excessive competition	Contributes substantially to quality	Supports continuation
Total	60	65	48	66	71
Age
≤44	65	65	51	57	68
45–60	60	66	50	70	72
>60	53	64	39	67	75
Sex
Female	57	61	43	66	71
Male	62	69	51	64	70
Population group
Non-Jew	65	69	61	77	82
Jew	58	64	44	62	67
Country of birth
Outside of Israel	53	60	39	66	73
Israel	71	73	62	65	68
Specialty
Family medicine	75	74	60	58	61
Internal medicine/other	45	58	34	68	73
Not board certified	50	58	40	73	81
Type of employment
Salaried only	61	61	49	64	68
Independent only	47	58	38	71	76
Both salaried and independent	70	80	57	63	69
Main type of practice
As primary care MD	61	66	49	65	70
As specialist MD	50	57	39	76	91
Response mode
Regular mail	62	66	45	59	64
E-mail	50	62	38	55	60
Telephone	61	65	59	82	87

(extent to which each outcome was felt to a great or very great extent – in percent).
Note: Contrasts found to be significant at the .05 level appear in bold.

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