Professional and demographic characteristics of the 1708 primary care health practitioners participating in the clinical guideline survey, China, 2016
| Characteristics | N (%) | |||||
| Total (n=1708) | Institutional level | Geographical area | ||||
| County (n=1088) | Grass-roots level (n=620) | Eastern (n=350) | Central (n=536) | Western (n=822) | ||
| Education | ||||||
| Master’s, doctorate | 43 (2.5) | 25 (2.3) | 18 (2.9) | 15 (4.3) | 15 (2.8) | 13 (1.6) |
| Bachelor’s | 958 (56.1) | 682 (62.7) | 276 (44.5) | 214 (61.1) | 302 (56.3) | 442 (53.8) |
| College and below | 707 (41.4) | 381 (35.0) | 326 (52.6) | 121 (34.6) | 219 (40.9) | 367 (44.6) |
| Professional title | ||||||
| Senior | 309 (18.1) | 252 (23.2) | 57 (9.2) | 63 (18.0) | 101 (18.8) | 145 (17.6) |
| Intermediate | 613 (35.9) | 402 (36.9) | 211 (34.0) | 119 (34.0) | 203 (37.9) | 291 (35.4) |
| Primary and below | 786 (46.0) | 434 (39.9) | 352 (56.8) | 168 (48.0) | 232 (43.4) | 386 (47.0) |
| Profession | ||||||
| Physician | 610 (35.7) | 315 (29.0) | 295 (47.6) | 121 (34.6) | 173 (32.3) | 315 (38.4) |
| Nurse | 411 (24.1) | 263 (24.2) | 148 (23.9) | 90 (25.7) | 131 (24.4) | 190 (23.1) |
| Practitioner from auxiliary department | 370 (21.7) | 262 (24.1) | 108 (17.4) | 82 (23.4) | 116 (21.6) | 172 (20.9) |
| Administrative staff | 317 (18.6) | 248 (22.8) | 69 (11.1) | 57 (16.3) | 116 (21.86) | 144 (17.5) |