Table 2 Medical characteristics provided by family medicine physicians working in clinics and hospitals (2016)
From: A survey of the working status of family medicine physicians in clinics and hospitals in Korea
Clinic N = 572 | Hospital N = 441 | *p value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Chronic disease management | 84.7% | 93.4% | < 0.001 | |
Younger than 40 years old | 64.6% | 93.6% | < 0.001 | |
40 years old or older | 93.6% | 92.7% | 0.31 | |
Disease covered by national insurance | 74.8% | 76.9% | 0.01 | |
Younger than 40 years old | 68.0% | 78.5% | < 0.001 | |
40 years old or older | 81.0% | 84.7% | 0.19 | |
Patients’ age group (years) | < 18 | 14.5 | 6.7 | < 0.001 |
19–64 | 54.8 | 37.7 | ||
≥ 65 | 31.1 | 55.6 |