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Table 3 Comparison of medians for duration in university hospitals vs non-university hospitals differentiated by hierarchy stage

From: University hospitals as drivers of career success: an empirical study of the duration of promotion and promotion success of hospital physicians

… in university hospital

Senior physician

Chief physician

Number (N = 310)

Median duration from junior to senior physician (years)

Number (N = 177)

Median duration from senior to chief physician (years)

Total time span …

64

7.5

53

6

Partial or no time span …

246

8

124

8

Chi-squared test

 

p = 0.910

 

p = 0.079

During time span …

151

8

69

7

Not during time span …

159

7

108

7.5

Chi-squared test

 

p = 0.005

 

p = 0.925