Demographic characteristics of physician respondents: N = 3213.
| CHARACTERISTIC | % |
|---|---|
| Sex | |
| • Female | 34 |
| • Male | 66 |
| Birthplace | |
| • Canada | 68 |
| • Elsewhere | 32 |
| Age, y | |
| • < 45 | 34 |
| • 45–64 | 55 |
| • ≥ 65 | 12 |
| Location of medical school | |
| • Canada | 79 |
| • United States | 1 |
| • Other country | 20 |
| Specialty* | |
| • Anesthesiology | 6 |
| • Community medicine | 2 |
| • Family medicine | 45 |
| • Internal medicine | 8 |
| • Obstetrics and gynecology | 4 |
| • Pathology or laboratory medicine | 2 |
| • Pediatrics | 5 |
| • Psychiatry | 8 |
| • Radiology | 3 |
| • Surgical specialties | 10 |
| • Other | 22 |
| Main practice setting | |
| • Inner city | 20 |
| • Urban or suburban | 59 |
| • Rural, small town, or remote | 21 |
| Work setting* | |
| • Private office or clinic (excluding free-standing walk-in clinics) | 55 |
| • Community clinic or community health centre | 11 |
| • Free-standing walk-in clinic | 7 |
| • Academic health sciences centre | 29 |
| • Community hospital | 37 |
| • Emergency department (community hospital or academic centre) | 16 |
| • Nursing home, home for the aged | 11 |
| • Administrative office | 6 |
| • Research unit | 3 |
| • Free-standing laboratory or diagnostic clinic | 2 |
| • Other | 7 |
| Primary professional income source† | |
| • Fee-for-service (insured or uninsured) | 71 |
| • Salary | 13 |
| • Capitation | 3 |
| • Sessional, per diem, or hourly | 6 |
| • Service contracts | 5 |
| • Other | 3 |