From: Doctors in Chinese public hospitals: demonstration of their professional identities
Questions | Comparative analysis |
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Doctors | |
How often do you prescribe tests and procedures that are not necessary to patients, but for generating profit for the department and/or hospital? | Doctors from internal medical units were significantly more likely to select the answers of rarely or never than those from surgical units. Chi square = 11.908, df = 4, p = 0.018. |
Patients | |
Patients give doctors gifts because they want better treatment | Patients from LWH were more likely to agree or strongly agree that the reason for them to give doctors presents were for better treatment than patients from QFSH. Chi square = 33.672, df = 4, p < 0.0001. |