Table 4 Comparison of characteristics between aging and non-aging village doctors
From: Aging village doctors in five counties in rural China: situation and implications
Non-aginga(%) | Agingb(%) | All (%) | P value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Education | <0.001 | |||
Junior high school or less | 29 (2.7) | 402 (46.2) | 431 (22.4) | |
High school | 48 (4.5) | 127 (14.6) | 175 (9.1) | |
Secondary school | 837 (79.2) | 315 (36.2) | 1152 (59.7) | |
Junior college | 138 (13.1) | 26 (3.0) | 164 (8.5) | |
College or above | 5 (0.5) | 0 (0.0) | 5 (0.3) | |
Qualification | <0.001 | |||
Licensed (assistant) doctors | 260 (24.6) | 154 (17.7) | 414 (21.5) | |
Village doctors | 797 (75.4) | 716 (82.3) | 1,513 (78.5) | |
Practicing methods | 0.036 | |||
Western medicine | 437 (41.3) | 311 (35.8) | 748 (38.8) | |
Traditional Chinese Medicine | 31 (2.9) | 24 (2.8) | 55 (2.9) | |
Mixed methods | 589 (55.7) | 535 (61.4) | 1,124 (58.3) | |
Director of village clinics | <0.001 | |||
Non-directors | 471 (44.6) | 497 (57.1) | 968 (50.2) | |
Directors | 586 (55.4) | 373 (42.9) | 959 (49.8) | |
All | 1,057 (100) | 870 (100) | 1,927 (100) |