Table 1 Basic characteristics of primary doctors participated in this study (N = 1093).
| Total subjects (n = 1093) | Subjects with diagnosis experiences of reportable diseases (n = 406) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variables | Subjects who did report (n = 340) | Subjects who did not report (n = 66) | p value* | |
| Gender | 0.16 | |||
| Male | 950 (86.9) | 299 (87.9) | 62 (93.9) | |
| Female | 143 (13.1) | 41 (12.1) | 4 (6.1) | |
| Age | 0.01 | |||
| = < 40 | 181 (16.6) | 45 (13.2) | 9 (13.6) | |
| 41–50 | 409 (37.4) | 117 (34.4) | 36 (54.5) | |
| 51–60 | 346 (31.7) | 123 (36.2) | 17 (25.8) | |
| > 60 | 157 (14.4) | 55 (16.2) | 4 (6.1) | |
| Specialty | 0.33 | |||
| General Internal Medicine | 532 (48.7) | 168 (49.4) | 37 (56.1) | |
| Otolaryngology | 184 (16.8) | 35 (10.3) | 7 (10.6) | |
| Pediatrics | 250 (22.9) | 112 (32.9) | 21 (31.8) | |
| Obstetrics and Gynecology | 99 (9.1) | 21 (6.2) | 0 (0.0) | |
| Urology | 28 (2.6) | 4 (1.2) | 1 (1.5) | |
| Years of practice | 0.09 | |||
| < 7 years | 255 (23.3) | 68 (20.0) | 17 (25.8) | |
| 7–10 years | 227 (20.8) | 62 (18.2) | 18 (27.3) | |
| 11–15 years | 223 (20.4) | 78 (22.9) | 15 (22.7) | |
| > 15 years | 388 (35.5) | 132 (38.8) | 16 (24.2) | |
| Years of practice at | ||||
| Medical center | 0.37 | |||
| 0 | 409 (37.4) | 108 (31.7) | 16 (24.2) | |
| < 5 | 458 (41.9) | 141 (41.6) | 31 (47.0) | |
| 5–10 | 196 (17.9) | 76 (22.5) | 18 (27.3) | |
| > 10 | 30 (2.7) | 15 (4.2) | 1 (1.5) | |
| Regional hospital | 0.29 | |||
| 0 | 562 (51.4) | 167 (49.1) | 38 (57.6) | |
| < 5 | 358 (32.8) | 109 (32.1) | 19 (28.8) | |
| 5–10 | 145 (13.3) | 50 (14.7) | 9 (13.6) | |
| > 10 | 28 (2.6) | 14 (4.1) | 0 (0.0) | |
| Local hospital | 0.53 | |||
| 0 | 745 (68.2) | 225 (66.2) | 48 (72.7) | |
| < 5 | 259 (23.7) | 84 (24.7) | 14 (21.2) | |
| 5–10 | 72 (6.6) | 23 (6.8) | 4 (6.1) | |
| > 10 | 17 (1.6) | 8 (2.4) | 0 (0.0) | |