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Table 1 Characteristics of study cohort

From: How do medical doctors use a web-based oncology protocol system? A comparison of Australian doctors at different levels of medical training using logfile analysis and an online survey

 

Total

Intern/Resident

Registrar

Advanced trainee

Fellow

Staff specialist

 

(N = 2549)

(n = 549)

(n = 669)

(n = 358)

(n = 135)

(n = 838)

Main area of work

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

Medical oncology

879

34.5

207

37.7

190

28.4

145

40.5

40

29.6

297

35.4

Haematology

440

17.3

80

14.6

67

10.0

94

26.3

19

14.1

180

21.5

General medicine

435

17.1

174

31.7

223

33.3

12

3.4

6

4.4

20

2.4

Radiation oncology

336

13.2

25

4.6

97

14.5

45

12.6

23

17.0

146

17.4

Palliative care

117

4.6

6

1.1

16

2.4

32

8.9

8

5.9

55

6.6

Other*

137

5.4

14

2.6

45

6.7

8

2.2

18

13.3

52

6.2

Missing

205

8.0

43

7.8

31

4.6

22

6.1

21

15.6

88

10.5

Year of registration

            

2009

177

6.9

3

0.5

15

2.2

40

11.2

11

8.1

108

12.9

2010

875

34.3

110

20.0

179

26.8

131

36.6

53

39.3

402

48.0

2011

712

27.9

196

35.7

209

31.2

88

24.6

30

22.2

189

22.6

2012

785

30.8

240

43.7

266

39.8

99

27.7

41

30.4

139

16.6

Oncology experience

            

<2 years

1111

43.6

486

88.5

408

61.0

174

48.6

17

12.6

26

3.1

2–5 years

520

20.4

45

8.2

185

27.7

141

39.4

51

37.8

98

11.7

5–10 years

304

11.9

4

0.7

49

7.3

35

9.8

30

22.2

186

22.2

> 10 years

529

20.8

0

0.0

8

1.2

3

0.8

34

25.2

484

57.8

Missing

85

3.3

14

2.6

19

2.8

5

1.4

3

2.2

44

5.3

Health sector

            

Public

2187

85.8

531

96.7

619

92.5

349

97.5

95

70.4

593

70.8

Private

150

5.9

7

1.3

28

4.2

2

0.6

24

17.8

89

10.6

Both public and private

209

8.2

11

2.0

22

3.3

7

2.0

15

11.1

154

18.4

Missing

3

0.1

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

1

0.7

2

0.2

Location

            

NSW

1000

39.2

158

28.8

257

38.4

177

49.4

59

43.7

349

41.6

Other Australian states

1549

60.8

391

71.2

412

61.6

181

50.6

76

56.3

489

58.4

Recency of use

            

Last 3 months of 2012

1045

41.0

138

25.1

243

36.3

219

61.2

52

38.5

393

46.9

Last 6 months of 2012

1311

51.4

211

38.4

316

47.2

250

69.8

72

53.3

462

55.1

Any time during 2012

1659

65.1

306

55.7

424

63.4

285

79.6

90

66.7

554

66.1

No use in 2012

890

34.9

243

44.3

245

36.6

73

20.4

45

33.3

284

33.9

Referral source

            

Peer/colleague

1863

73.1

493

89.8

544

81.3

275

76.8

93

68.9

458

54.7

Cancer Institute communication

257

10.1

4

0.7

19

2.8

36

10.1

8

5.9

190

22.7

Conference/booth

49

1.9

3

0.5

12

1.8

6

1.7

5

3.7

23

2.7

Internet

93

3.6

10

1.8

23

3.4

17

4.7

7

5.2

36

4.3

Professional organisation

131

5.1

10

1.8

36

5.4

10

2.8

11

8.1

64

7.6

eviQ education session

102

4.0

23

4.2

25

3.7

9

2.5

6

4.4

39

4.7

Other

54

2.1

6

1.1

10

1.5

5

1.4

5

3.7

28

3.3

  1. *Other: Includes genetics, adolescent, paediatrics.