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Table 2 Assessment survey of staff involved in NCD prevention and control at PHC facilities

From: Barriers and facilitators to primary care management of type 2 diabetes in Shijiazhuang City, China: a mixed methods study

 

Health clinics

Health centers

Characteristics

Urban (N = 107)

Rural (N = 335)

Urban (N = 58)

Rural (N = 122)

Age (year), mean (SD)

37.0 (9.7)

46.9 (11.7)

37.3 (8.9)

37.0 (8.1)

Female, %

74.0

32.9

75.9

58.2

Education, %a

    

 Technical school or below

11.9

72.6

5.2

25.4

 Junior college

62.4

25.2

44.8

60.7

 College or higher

25.7

2.3

50.0

13.9

Major, %

    

 Public health

3.0

6.9

1.7

5.0

 Clinical medicine

53.5

69.6

72.4

56.7

 Other medical majors

40.6

13.9

25.9

31.7

 Else

3.0

9.6

0.0

6.7

Staff with licenses, %b

93.1

47.9

92.9

75.2

Salary per month, %

    

 < 1500 CNY

5.0

61.9

11.1

22.1

 1500–3000 CNY

78.2

35.7

83.3

76.2

 > 3000 CNY

16.8

2.4

5.6

1.6

  1. aTechnical School: 3 years of medical education after 9 years of primary and secondary education; Junior medical college: 3 years of medical education after 12 years of primary and secondary education; Medical college: 5 years of medical education after 12 years of primary and secondary education
  2. bCompletion of medical college is required to become a licensed doctor and junior medical college training is required to become a licensed assistant doctor. Meanwhile, they also need to pass the National Practicing Doctor (or Assistant Doctor) Examination and periodic government assessments [8]