Table 1 Comparison of the basic and demographic information between neonatal pediatricians in group A and B.

From: Prevalence and influencing factors of medical disputes in the field of neonatology: a cross-sectional survey in the mainland of China

Characteristics

Group A

(n = 9013)

Group B

(n = 3105)

Total

(n = 12118)

p value

Gender

   

0.000

Male

2897 (32.1%)

640 (20.6%)

3537 (29.2%)

 

Female

6116 (67.9%)

2465 (79.4%)

8581 (70.8%)

 

Age

38.04 ± 8.033

33.90 ± 6.568

36.97 ± 7.894

0.000

Region

   

0.154

Eastern

3471 (38.5%)

1149 (37.0%)

4620 (38.1%)

 

Central

3081 (34.2%)

1056 (34.0%)

4137 (34.1%)

 

Western

2461 (27.3%)

900 (29.0%)

3361 (27.8%)

 

Educational background

   

0.000

Associate degree

364 (4.0%)

175 (5.6%)

539 (4.4%)

 

Bachelor’s degree

6626 (73.5%)

2194 (70.7%)

8820 (72.8%)

 

Master’s degree

1765 (19.6%)

678 (21.8%)

2443 (20.2%)

 

Doctorate

258 (2.9%)

58 (1.9%)

316 (2.6%)

 

Marital status

   

0.000

Unmarried

1071 (11.9%)

633 (20.4%)

1704 (14.1%)

 

Married

7755 (86.0%)

2424 (78.0%)

10,179 (84.0%)

 

Divorced

162 (1.8%)

43 (1.4%)

205 (1.7%)

 

Widowed

25 (0.3%)

5 (0.2%)

30 (0.2%)

 

Hospital type

   

0.609

Public

8680 (96.3%)

2984 (96.1%)

11,664 (96.3%)

 

Private

333 (3.7%)

121 (3.9%)

454 (3.7%)

 

Hospital level

   

0.181

Tertiary

5172 (57.4%)

1739 (56.0%)

6911 (57.0%)

 

Non-tertiary

3841 (42.6%)

1366 (44.0%)

5207 (43.0%)

 

Professional title

   

0.000

Physician or below

2929 (32.5%)

1734 (55.8%)

4663 (38.5%)

 

Attending physician

3118 (34.6%)

968 (31.2%)

4086 (33.7%)

 

Deputy chief physician or above

2966 (32.9%)

403 (13.0%)

3369 (27.8%)

 

Working years

   

0.000

< 1

303 (3.4%)

282 (9.1%)

585 (4.8%)

 

1–5

2208 (24.5%)

1225 (39.5%)

3433 (28.3%)

 

6–10

2278 (25.3%)

855 (27.5%)

3133 (25.9%)

 

11–15

1491 (16.5%)

376 (12.1%)

1867 (15.4%)

 

16–20

908 (10.1%)

146 (4.7%)

1054 (8.7%)

 

> 20

1825 (20.2%)

221 (7.1%)

2046 (16.9%)

 

Responsible beds

   

0.000

< 5

900 (10.0%)

424 (13.6%)

1324 (10.9%)

 

5–10

4398 (48.8%)

1680 (54.1%)

6078 (50.2%)

 

11–15

2063 (22.9%)

632 (20.4%)

2695 (22.3%)

 

16–20

734 (8.1%)

180 (5.8%)

914 (7.5%)

 

> 20

918 (10.2%)

189 (6.1%)

1107 (9.1%)

 
  1. p values were calculated by chi-square test or independent sample t test.