Table 1 Physician demographics
Physician characteristics | N = 541 |
|---|---|
Age, years | 51.5 ± 9.6 |
Male, n (%) | 500 (92.4) |
Institution type, n (%) | |
University or general hospital | 349 (64.5) |
Clinic | 192 (35.5) |
JSH-certified physician, n (%) | 59 (10.9) |
Specialty, n (%) | |
Internal medicine | 265 (49.0) |
Cardiology | 110 (20.3) |
Neurology | 37 (6.8) |
Nephrology | 33 (6.1) |
Diabetes | 30 (5.5) |
Surgery | 13 (2.4) |
Gastroenterology | 13 (2.4) |
Respiratory medicine | 10 (1.8) |
Gerontology | 3 (0.6) |
Pediatrics | 2 (0.4) |
Plastic surgery | 1 (0.2) |
Other | 24 (4.4) |
Length of assessment at: | |
Initial diagnosis (min) | 15.6 ± 6.5 |
Follow-up (min) | 6.6 ± 3.4 |
Number of patients prescribed antihypertensives in the last month (initial/follow-up visit) | 167.1/141.8 |
