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Table 2 Demographics of the study population compared to the demographics of both experts in Family Medicine and physicians working in community clinics as primary care physicians. Data culled from Israeli Ministry of Health reports (refs [11, 12])

From: Cardiopulmonary arrest in primary care clinics: more holes than cheese: a survey of the knowledge and attitudes of primary care physicians regarding resuscitation

 

Study population (n = 185)

Israeli experts in Family Medicine (n = 1901)

Israeli physicians working as primary care physicians (n = 4627)

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

  1. a age grouped by decade from 21-30 to 71+