Characteristics of study participants
| Characteristic | Result* |
| Median age (range), years | 46 (30–65) |
| Female | 11 (44) |
| Specialty | |
| Family practice | 7 (28) |
| Paediatrics | 8 (32) |
| Internal medicine | 10 (40) |
| Region of origin | |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 6 (24) |
| South Asia | 8 (32) |
| East Asia | 5 (20) |
| Latin America | 2 (8) |
| Middle East | 4 (16) |
| Years since completed residency | |
| 0–5 years | 5 (20) |
| 6–10 years | 6 (24) |
| 11–15 years | 7 (28) |
| 16–20 years | 3 (12) |
| 20–25 years | 1 (4) |
| >25 years | 3 (12) |
Mean number of physicians/1000 in home country (range) 0.74 (0.03–1.88).
↵* Results are mean (range) for age and number (%) for all other variables.