Variable |
No
(N=115) |
Percentage |
Comparison with
FMH* statistics |
Age mean(standard deviation) |
53 (8) |
|
53 |
Sex |
|
|
|
Male |
83 |
72% |
68% |
Female |
32 |
28% |
32% |
Full-time/part-time* |
|
|
|
Full-time |
55 |
48% |
43% |
Part-time |
60 |
52% |
57% |
Income per year |
|
|
|
EUR< 160’000 |
72 |
63% |
37% |
EUR=160’000 |
43 |
37% |
63% |
Practice location** |
|
|
|
Large city |
28 |
24% |
n.a. |
Small town |
47 |
41% |
n.a. |
Rural village |
40 |
35% |
n.a. |
Practice structure |
|
|
|
Group |
72 |
63% |
43% |
Individual |
43 |
37% |
57% |
Health maintenance
organization*** membership |
|
|
|
Yes |
35 |
30% |
34% |
Number of meetings with sales
representatives per month |
|
|
|
0 |
12 |
10% |
n.a. |
1-3 |
39 |
34% |
n.a. |
4-10 |
56 |
49% |
n.a. |
= 11 |
8 |
7% |
n.a. |
Average time spent with sales
representatives per meeting |
|
|
|
< 16 minutes |
74 |
64% |
n.a. |
= 16 minutes |
41 |
36% |
n.a. |
Number of sponsored medical
meetings attended in 2010 |
|
|
|
0 |
40 |
35% |
n.a. |
1-3 |
38 |
33% |
n.a. |
4-10 |
29 |
25% |
n.a. |
= 11 |
8 |
7% |
n.a. |
Abbreviation of FMH: FoederatioMedicorumHelveticorum (Swiss Medical
Association), n.a.: non-available
* Part-time: corresponds to an activity rate of 9 half days or less
** Large city: ~130’000 inhabitants, small town: ~18’000 inhabitants and rural
village: ~ 3’000 inhabitants
*** Health maintenance organizations are managed care plans that provide
health care services to their members through networks of doctors, hospitals,
and other health care providers. (Source: Texas Department of Insurance, http://
www.tdi.texas.gov/pubs/consumer/cb069.html, accessed at 20.08.2013).