Position within the hospital and role in the emergency department of emergency physicians in the Netherlands: a national survey

Table 1 Baseline characteristics

	Frequency (%)	Median (IQR)	No. of missing answers (%)
Number of EPs	See Additional file 2	9 (6.0–11.25)	1 (2)
Number of female EPs	See Additional file 2	6 (4.0–7.0)	0 (0)
Number of male EPs	See Additional file 2	2 (2.0–4.0)	3 (5.9)
Number of fte	See Additional file 2	7.8 (5.17–9.7)	2 (4)
Number of years hospital has employed EPs	See Additional file 2	9.0 (7.0–11.0)	10 (19.6)
Average number of years of experience as EP for complete CB^a
0–5	14 (28.6)	N/A	2 (4)
5–10	30 (61.2)
10–15	5 (10.2)
Average age of EPs of CB in years^a
30–35	9 (18)	N/A	1 (2)
35–40	28 (56)
40–45	13 (26)
Contains EPs who completed emergency residency outside the Netherlands^b
Yes	2 (3.9)	N/A	0 (0)
Contains EBEEM-certified EPs^b
Yes	3 (5.9)	N/A	0 (0)
Number of ED locations
1	39 (76.5)	1 (1.0–1.0)	0 (0)
2	10 (19.6)
3	2 (3.9)
Teaching hospital
Yes	24 (47.0)	N/A	0 (0)
Academic hospital
Yes	5 (9.8)	N/A	0 (0)

EBEEM European Board Examination in Emergency Medicine, N/A not applicable
^aAsked as categorical variable, no median available
^bAll CBs for whom this was applicable replied that they employed one EBEEM-certified EP or EP trained abroad

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