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Table 3 Medical staff specialized in respiratory medicine and their scientific effort in PHC institutions

From: Current status of prevention and treatment of respiratory diseases in primary care in China: a cross-sectional study

Characteristic

Value

Respiratory medical staff, No. (%)

 

 Respiratory physicians

 

  ≥ 2

61 (42.4%)

  1

20 (13.9%)

  0

63 (43.7%)

 Operators for spirometry

 

  > 2

47 (32.6%)

  1–2

34 (23.6%)

  0

63 (43.7%)

 Nurses/technicians for nebulization

 

  > 2

61 (42.4%)

  1–2

33 (22.9%)

  0

50 (34.7%)

Scientific effort, No. (%)

 

 Research projects related to PTRD in charge

 

  > 2

1 (0.7%)

  1–2

3 (2.1%)

  0

140 (97.2%)

 Research projects related to PTRD involved in

 

  > 2

3 (2.1%)

  1–2

12 (8.3%)

  0

129 (89.6%)

 Published papers on PTRD

 

  > 2

5 (3.5%)

  1–2

7 (4.9%)

  0

132 (91.7%)

  1. PTRD prevention and treatment of respiratory diseases at the grassroots level