Table 5 Comparison of study demographics with Israeli primary care physicians
Study demographics | Israeli primary care physicians demographicsa | |
|---|---|---|
Gender | 56.9 % Female | 45 % Female (of primary care physicians) |
Age | Range 30–69 Average 45.4 SD 8.8 | 36 % ages 25–44 62 % ages 45–64 (of all family physicians) |
Country of Birth | 53.5 % Israel | 34.5 % Israel (of all physicians) |
Year of MD graduation | Average 1989 SD 8.9 | No data found |
Country of MD training | 62.8 % Israel 17.8 % former USSR 11.6 % Europe/America | 35.7 % Israel |
41.1 % Former USSR | ||
24 % Europe/America (of all physicians) | ||
Specialization | 66.4 % Family Medicine 16 % Residents 17.6 % Other specialization or non-specialists | Family Medicine 57 % (of primary care specialists) |
Form of employment | 80 % Employed 20 % Self Employed | 62 % Employed 6 % Self Employed 32 % Both |
HMO | 44.4 % Clalit 43 % Maccabi 11 % Meuhedet 2.4 % Leumit | 52 % Clalit 25 % Maccabi 13.6 % Meuhedet 9 % Leumit (of all physicians) |
Place of employment | 80 % community clinic 14 % rural community clinic 3.2 % IDF military clinics 2.4 % mostly in hospitals | 79 % community clinics (of Family Medicine specialists) _________ 39 % community clinics 54 % hospitals (of all physicians) _________ Population in urban localities: 91.2 % Population in rural localities: 8.8 % (2014) |