Characteristics of study respondents by hospital category*
| Respondent characteristic | No. (%) of respondents | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Large academic n = 18 | Large nonacademic n = 47 | Small nonacademic n = 44 | |
| Respondent role | |||
| Chair of emergency general surgery | 1 (5.6) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| Chair of general surgery division | 10 (55.6) | 7 (14.9) | 0 (0) |
| General surgeon† | 4 (22.2) | 15 (31.9) | 1 (2.3) |
| Chief of surgery | 3 (16.7) | 3 (6.4) | 3 (6.8) |
| Chief of staff | 0 (0) | 18 (38.3) | 21 (47.7) |
| Manager of perioperative services (or equivalent) | 0 (0) | 4 (8.5) | 19 (43.2) |
| Respondent gender (self-reported) | |||
| Male | 11 (61.1) | 26 (55.3) | 21 (47.7) |
| Female | 7 (38.9) | 21 (44.7) | 23 (52.3) |
↵* Hospitals were categorized as large academic hospitals with more than 100 beds that the Ministry of Health classifies as teaching hospitals, large nonacademic hospitals with more than 100 beds that the Ministry does not classify as teaching hospitals, or small nonacademic hospitals with fewer than 100 beds that the Ministry does not classify as teaching hospitals.
↵† Participation in the emergency general surgery on-call schedule.