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Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics and workplace of medical professionals in Egypt, 2021 (n = 959)

From: Medical professionals’ job satisfaction and telemedicine readiness during the COVID-19 pandemic: solutions to improve medical practice in Egypt

Characteristics

Frequency (no.)

Percentage (%)

Gender

 Male

576

60.1

 Female

383

39.9

Age (years)

 23 ≤ 30

245

25.5

 30 ≤ 40

552

57.6

 40 ≤ 50

119

12.4

  ≥ 50

43

4.5

Highest qualification attained

 MBBCh (or BScD)

355

37.0

 Postgraduate diploma

115

12.0

 Master’s degree

357

37.2

 Doctorate degree (or PhD)

61

6.4

 Egyptian board certificate

51

5.3

 Non-Egyptian board certificate

20

2.1

Medical specialty

 General and internal medicineb

634

66.1

  Pediatrics and neonatology

159

25.0

  General practitioner

61

9.6

  Emergency medicine

48

7.6

  Diagnostic radiology and imaging

45

7.1

  Internal medicine (general)

42

6.6

  Neuropsychiatry

41

6.5

  Anesthesiology and intensive care

35

5.5

  Cardiology

29

4.6

  Dermatology

29

4.6

  Clinical pathology, pharmacology, medical parasitology and microbiology

28

4.4

  Rheumatology and rehabilitation

23

3.6

  Family medicine

15

2.4

  Hepatology and gastroenterology

15

2.4

  Pneumology

14

2.2

  Nephrology

13

2.0

  Medical oncology & nuclear medicine

10

1.6

  Clinical nutrition

5

0.8

  Audiology

4

0.6

  Phonetics

4

0.6

  Public health and infection control

4

0.6

  Hematology

4

0.6

  Tropical medicine

3

0.5

  Other specialtiesa

3

0.5

 Surgerye

325

33.9

  Gynecology and obstetrics

73

22.4

  General surgery

56

17.2

  Orthopedics

47

14.4

  Dentistry and oral surgery

42

12.9

  Ophthalmology

37

11.4

  Otorhinolaryngology

21

6.5

  Urosurgery

16

4.9

  Brain and neurosurgery

9

2.7

  Plastic and reconstructive burn surgery

8

2.4

  Vascular surgery

7

2.1

  Pediatric surgery

4

1.2

  Cardiothoracic surgery

3

0.9

  Maxillofacial surgery

2

0.6

Workplacef

 One job; governmental public health sector

261

27.2

 One job; private health sector

90

9.4

 Dual government-private job

608

63.4

Private health sectorf (n = 698)

 Own a private clinic

261

37.4

 Share in a private clinicd

157

22.5

 Work at an outpatient clinic at private hospital

412

59.0

Governmental public health sectorf (n = 869)

 UTH

150

17.1

 MoHP

644

73.6

 HIO

56

6.4

 Dual jobsc

19

2.1

  1. Abbreviations: UTH University Teaching Hospitals, MoHP Ministry of Health and Population, HIO Health Insurance Organization
  2. aEndocrinology, clinical toxicology
  3. bFor each subspecialty, the percentage was calculated among total number of internists (n = 634)
  4. cSome professionals had dual MOHP-HIO jobs (n = 13), University-MoHP jobs (n = 5), or University-HIO jobs (n = 1)
  5. dWork with colleagues of same or other specialties in private clinic and share in management
  6. eFor each subspecialty in surgery, the percentage was calculated among total number of surgeons (n = 325)
  7. fCategories are not mutually exclusive
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