Indonesian primary care physicians profile in 2011: Did practicing hours and conversion program for family medicine differentiate their services and continuing medical education activities?

Widyahening, Indah S; Thuraiappah, Daniel M; Han, Tin Myo; Vidiawati, Dhanasari

doi:10.1186/s12930-014-0016-x

Table 1 Practice environment, services, investigation and procedures provided by primary care physicians (PCPs) in Indonesia (N?=?240); comparison based on the participation in Family Medicine conversion program and practice hours

From: Indonesian primary care physicians profile in 2011: Did practicing hours and conversion program for family medicine differentiate their services and continuing medical education activities?

	Overall		PCPs classification					Practice hours per week
	Overall		Family physicians* (N?=?157)		Non-Family Physicians (N?=?83)		p***	>30 hours (N?=?161)		<30 hours (N?=?79)		p***
	n	%	n	%	n	%		n	%	n	%
Practice environment
Full time practice**	161	67	102	65	59	71	0.34	-	-	-	-
Practice?>?5 years	221	92	150	96	71	86	<0.01	148	92	73	92	0.9
Main practitioners in the clinic	185	77	123	78	62	75	0.42	134	83	51	66	<0.01
Services
Facilities for emergency care	191	80	129	82	62	75	0.07	136	85	55	70	0.01
House call	173	72	121	77	52	63	0.01	116	72	57	72	0.46
Dispensing Medicine in clinic	191	80	128	82	63	76	0.35	130	81	61	77	0.81
Immunization	170	71	110	70	60	72	0.88	121	75	49	62	0.1
Measuring BMI	110	46	72	46	38	46	0.92	82	51	28	35	0.06
Certifying workers for fitness	151	63	103	66	48	58	0.12	105	65	46	58	0.15
Women/reproductive health	169	70	114	73	55	66	0.93	117	73	52	66	0.37
Family planning services	198	83	135	86	63	76	0.05	133	83	65	82	0.88
Substance abuse program	89	37	59	38	30	36	0.61	67	42	22	28	0.04
Respiratory function test	78	33	47	30	31	37	0.32	56	35	22	28	0.51
Mental Health assessment	129	54	83	53	46	56	0.73	92	57	37	47	0.13
Cardiovascular assessment	127	53	85	54	42	51	0.36	91	57	36	46	0.16
Treadmill assessment	52	22	31	20	21	25	0.29	34	21	18	23	0.9
Prescribe herbal medicine	101	42	69	44	32	39	0.42	70	44	31	39	0.53
Medical nutrition therapy	158	66	108	69	50	60	0.08	108	67	50	63	0.76
Equipment
Satisfactory with medical equipment they have	144	60	99	63	45	54	0.1	103	64	41	52	0.2
Investigation
Urine examination	170	71	114	73	56	68	0.41	121	75	49	62	0.04
Blood glucose test	206	86	136	87	70	84	0.63	145	90	61	77	<0.01
ECGs	81	34	53	34	28	34	1	63	39	18	23	0.01
Proctoscopy	39	16	25	16	14	17	0.58	29	18	10	13	0.51
Ultrasound	68	28	44	28	24	29	0.91	46	29	22	28	0.88
Visual (visus) examination	138	58	95	61	43	52	0.2	97	60	41	52	0.22
Funduscopy	89	37	59	38	30	36	0.61	59	37	30	38	0.22
Procedures
Minor surgery	204	85	132	84	72	87	0.7	143	89	61	77	0.03
Soft tissue infiltration	101	42	67	43	34	41	0.79	76	47	25	32	0.02
Acupuncture	49	20	25	16	24	29	0.02	33	21	16	20	0.97
Hypnotherapy	24	10	11	7	13	16	0.03	14	9	10	13	0.34
Cosmetic Surgery	35	15	24	15	11	13	0.7	20	12	15	19	0.3

Legend:
*Family physicians are those passed the conversion program by the Indonesian Association of Family Physicians.
** Full-time practice is practice more than 30 hours per week
***p is calculated with chi-square or fisher test as appropriate.

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