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Doctor characteristics
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Sex, n (%)
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Male
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85 (38.5)
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157 (65.7)
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Female
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136 (61.5)
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82 (34.3)
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Age group, n (%)
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≤ 30
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139 (62.9)
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3 (1.3)
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31–40
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72 (32.6)
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42 (17.6)
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41–50
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9 (4.1)
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76 (31.8)
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51–60
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1 (0.5)
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59 (24.7)
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> 60
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–
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59 (24.7)
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Mean (SD)
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30.7 (4.4)
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51.2 (11.2)
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Born in Malaysia, n (%)
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213 (96.4)
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226 (94.6)
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Practice characteristics
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Practice sizea, mean (SD)
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60 546.7 (55 959.0)
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15 153.3 (9 652.0)
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Location, n (%)
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Urban
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101 (45.7)
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224 (93.7)
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Rural
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120 (54.3)
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15 (6.3)
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Solo practice, n (%)
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36 (16.3)
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108 (45.2)
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Working hours per week, mean (SD)
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41.0 (2.0)
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37.2 (7.4)
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Hours spent per week on direct patient care, mean (SD)
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37.8 (4.9)
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35.5 (8.1)
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Number of patient contact per day, mean (SD)
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Face-to-face
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43.1 (21.4)
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39.6 (18.8)
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By telephone
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1.2 (2.5)
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1.6 (2.3)
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Number of on-call duties in the past 3 months, mean (SD)
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Evening (1700–2200 hours)
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5.1 (7.0)
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11.0 (9.1)
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Overnight (2200–0800 hours)
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4.4 (7.3)
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1.0 (3.9)
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Weekend
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2.0 (2.7)
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3.7 (2.9)
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Total
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11.5 (16.3)
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15.7 (11.5)
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Total on-call hours in the past 3 months, mean (SD)
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106.0 (163.6)
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63.0 (53.6)
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Number of out-of-office visits per week, mean (SD)
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Other primary care clinic
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17.5 (37.1)
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6.4 (25.2)
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Home visit
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0.1 (1.1)
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0.4 (1.2)
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Institutions (school, orphanage, community centre)
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3.4 (16.0)
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1.0 (6.0)
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Average consultation time (minutes), mean (SD)
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11.2 (5.2)
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12.6 (5.4)
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