Study population (n = 185) | Israeli experts in Family Medicine (n = 1901) | Israeli physicians working as primary care physicians (n = 4627) | |
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Gender | 56.9% Female | 56% Female | 45% Female |
Age | Average 45.4 ± 8.8 (Range 30-69) | 50.4% < 50a | 37% < 50a |
Country of Birth | 53.5% Israel | ND | 34.5% Israel |
Country of MD training | 62.8% Israel | ND | 35.7% Israel |
17.8% Former USSR | 41.1% Former USSR | ||
11.6% Europe/America | 24% Europe/America | ||
Specialization | 66.4% Family Medicine | Not relevant | 32% Family Medicine |
16% Residents | 44% Non-specialists | ||
17.6% Other specialization or non-specialists | 24% Other specialization (approx. 50% of whom are specialists in Internal Medicine) | ||
Form of employment | 80% Employed | 62% Employed | ND |
20% Self Employed | 6% Self Employed | ||
32% Both | |||
HMO | 44.4% Clalit | ND | 52% Clalit |
43% Maccabi | 25% Maccabi | ||
11% Meuhedet | 13.6% Meuhedet | ||
2.4% Leumit | 9% Leumit | ||
Place of employment | 80% community clinic | 79% community clinics | 39% community clinics |
14% rural community clinic | 54% hospitals | ||
3.2% IDF military clinics | |||
2.4% mostly in hospitals |