Dasappa Hemavathi, Kubendra Mohan, Jose Namiya, Kaimal Resmi S, Boobna Vandana, Ramya S
Department of Family Medicine, St John's Medical College, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
President, Spandana Health Care, AFPI, India.
J Family Med Prim Care. 2025 Jun;14(6):2193-2200. doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1709_24. Epub 2025 Jun 30.
Describe the demographic and professional profiles of the family physicians. 1. To study the factors associated with practice patterns.
It is a cross-sectional, questionnaire-based study. The questionnaire included demographic and professional profiles of the family physicians.
The majority of family physicians in India are young, female doctors, concentrated more in the urban area, and the majority have an experience lesser than 15 years, reflecting the recent growth in the number of family physicians. 1. 59.66% of family physicians are engaged in community practice. Community practitioners are predominantly male. 70% practise the entire spectrum of general practice with 80% having a good referral system and 33.6% earning more than 1 lakh. 2. 40% of family physicians are engaged in hospital practice. Hospital practice doctors are predominantly females, 50% practise the entire spectrum of general practice, and 58.69% earn more than 1 lakh per month. 3. 56% of the family physicians have a master degree. Family physicians with a master degree are predominately female, 58% of them are into hospital practice, their practices are well equipped, 55.29% practise the entire spectrum, and 52.9% earn more than 1 lakh per month. 4. There is independent association of practice type with number of working hours, area of practice, in-patient services, and qualification. 5. There is independent association of qualification with gender, years of experience, area of practice, practice type, and income more than 1 lakh per month.
描述家庭医生的人口统计学特征和职业概况。1. 研究与执业模式相关的因素。
这是一项基于问卷的横断面研究。问卷包括家庭医生的人口统计学特征和职业概况。
印度的大多数家庭医生是年轻的女性医生，更多集中在城市地区，且大多数从业经验少于15年，这反映了家庭医生数量最近的增长。1. 59.66%的家庭医生从事社区执业。社区执业医生主要为男性。70%的人从事全科医疗全领域工作，80%有良好的转诊系统，33.6%的人月收入超过10万卢比。2. 40%的家庭医生从事医院执业。医院执业医生主要为女性，50%从事全科医疗全领域工作，58.69%的人月收入超过10万卢比。3. 56%的家庭医生拥有硕士学位。拥有硕士学位的家庭医生主要为女性，其中58%从事医院执业，他们的执业配备完善，55.29%从事全科医疗全领域工作，52.9%的人月收入超过10万卢比。4. 执业类型与工作时长、执业地区、住院服务和资质存在独立关联。5. 资质与性别、从业年限、执业地区、执业类型以及月收入超过10万卢比存在独立关联。
