Table 1

Basic characteristics and OMS uptake of participants

Characteristics	Total		Community hospital		Comprehensive hospital
Characteristics	n	%	n	%	n	%
Gender
Male	366	51.8	16	50.0	350	51.9
Female	341	48.2	16	50.0	325	48.1
Education*
Junior college or below	9	1.3	5	15.6	4	0.6
Undergraduate	209	29.6	22	68.8	187	27.7
Postgraduate	323	45.7	2	6.3	321	47.6
Doctorate	155	21.9	3	9.4	152	22.5
Post-doctorate	11	1.6	0	0.0	11	1.6
Hospital level
Community hospital	32	4.5		—	—	—
Comprehensive hospital	675	95.5		—	—	—
Working years
<3	162	22.9	4	12.5	158	23.4
3–5	92	13	5	15.6	87	12.9
5–10	182	25.7	8	25.0	174	25.8
10–15	111	15.7	6	18.8	105	15.6
>15	160	22.6	9	28.1	151	22.4
Job title
Resident physician	233	33	19	59.4	214	31.7
Attending physician	252	35.6	9	28.1	243	36.0
Deputy chief physician	160	22.6	4	12.5	156	23.1
Chief physician	62	8.8	0	0.0	62	9.2
Departments
Surgery	204	28.9	4	12.5	200	29.6
Internal medicine	255	36.1	16	50.0	239	35.4
Others	248	35.1	12	37.5	236	35.0
Administrative positions
Yes	88	12.4	5	15.6	83	12.3
No	619	87.6	27	84.4	592	87.7
Experience in OMS uptake
Yes	377	53.3	9	28.1	368	54.5
No	330	46.7	23	71.9	307	45.5
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
Age (years)†	35.53	7.03	36.19	8.9	34.45	6.93
OMS uptake willingness†	17.33	4.39	16.56	4.39	17.34	4.40

Data are presented as mean and SD for continuous variables and n and % for categorical variables.
*In China, becoming a physician requires only an undergraduate or master’s degree.
†Age (years) and OMS uptake willingness are not normally distributed; however, they are approximately normally distributed.
OMS, online medical services.