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Table 3 Descriptive of total score of different perception of managers’ support for physician dual practice

From: Effect of public hospital managers’ risk and gain perception on their attitude towards physician dual practice: a cross-national study in 31 provinces of China

Variables

Risk perception

Gain perception

Mean

Std.Dev

P

Mean

Std.Dev

P

Demographic characteristics

Sex

  

0.006

  

0.240

 Male

66.9

15.05

 

24.1

5.66

 

 Female

68.8

13.49

 

23.9

5.42

 

Age (years)

  

0.004

  

< 0.001

  ≤ 40

33.8

13.13

 

24.5

4.96

 

 41–50

67.8

14.83

 

23.9

5.68

 

  ≥ 51

68.7

15.30

 

23.6

6.03

 

Education

  

0.087

  

0.315

 PhD

66.2

15.40

 

24.7

5.75

 

 Master

66.7

13.40

 

24.0

5.27

 

 Bachelor

68.0

14.80

 

24.0

5.68

 

 Others

71.3

13.50

 

23.5

5.30

 

Work characteristics

 Major

  

< 0.001

  

0.058

 Others

69.6

13.46

 

23.7

5.32

 

 Medicine

66.3

15.01

 

24.2

5.73

 

Length of service (years)

  

0.032

  

0.029

  ≤ 5

67.3

13.85

 

23.9

5.34

 

 6–10

67.4

15.18

 

24.3

5.57

 

  ≥ 11

67.8

15.50

 

23.7

6.06

 

Level of manager’s position

  

0.433

  

0.362

  ≤ Deputy division

67.7

14.36

 

24.0

5.42

 

  ≥ County level

67.8

14.80

 

23.9

6.05

 

Working environment characteristics

Institutional category

  

0.007

  

0.157

 Others

68.9

13.53

 

23.8

5.63

 

 General hospital

67.0

14.90

 

24.1

5.52

 

Institutional level

  

< 0.001

  

0.003

  < tertiary level

59.4

15.66

 

25.7

6.39

 

 tertiary level

68.6

14.24

 

23.8

5.51

 

Institutional territory

  

0.322

  

0.896

 East

66.3

14.10

 

24.0

5.55

 

 Middle

70.0

14.10

 

23.5

5.48

 

 West

67.3

14.9

 

24.4

5.60

 

Location

  

0.004

  

0.076

 Provincial capital city

66.4

14.78

 

24.3

5.69

 

 Non-provincial capital city

68.4

14.24

 

23.8

5.49