Table 1 List of variables and description
Variables | Description |
|---|---|
Demographic characteristics | |
Sex | 0: male; 1:female |
Age (years) | 1: aged less than 40 years old; 2: aged between 41 years old and 50 years old; 3: more than 51 years old |
Education | 1: PhD; 2: Master; 3: Bachelor; 4: Others |
Work characteristics | |
Major | 0: other majors (including administration, technology, economics, management, et al); 1:medicine |
Length of service (years) | 1: works less than 5 years; 2: works between 6 years and 10 years; 3: more than 11 years |
Level of manager’s position | 0: manager’s position is less than deputy division; 1: manager’s position is more than county level (including province level, city level, county level) |
Working environment characteristics | |
Institutional category | 0: means special hospital, Chinese medicine hospital and others; 1:means general hospital |
Institutional level | 0: means primary level and second level; 1:means tertiary level |
Institutional territory | 1: east of China; 2:middle of China; 3: west of China |
Location | 0: means manager coming from provincial capital city; 1:means manager coming from non-provincial capital city |