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Table 2 Demographic characteristics, university faculty membership, recruitment relation, and main occupation location of the specialists

From: Extent and nature of dual practice engagement among Iran medical specialists

Variables

#Specialists

%Specialists

Sex

 Male

15 356

63.2

 Female

8 937

36.8

Age groups

 40>

6 690

27.4

 40–45

4 185

17.1

 45–55

9 699

39.7

 55–65

2 792

11.4

 65<

790

3.2

Main occupation location

 University hospital

20 668

84.7

 Social Security hospital

2003

8.2

 Armed forces hospital

551

2.3

 Petrochemical Company hospital

240

1.0

 Other public hospital

533

2.2

 MOHME headquarter

370

1.5

 Research center

20

0.1

 Healthcare center

29

0.1

Faculty membership status

 Faculty member

7 565

31.0

 Non-faculty member

16 849

69.0

Full-time employment status

 FTG*

8 826

36.15

 Non-full-time

15 588

63.85

Recruitment relation

 Permanent

6 337

26.0

 Peymani (semi-permanent)

2 644

10.8

 Contractual

6 317

25.9

 Zarib K

5 082

20.8

 Payam avar

20

0.1

 Other

2 868

11.7

 Unspecified

1 146

4.7

  1. *Full-time geographic (FTG) physicians are the ones who are not allowed to be active in any other locations/sectors except their main occupation location