A nationwide postal survey on the perception of Malaysian public healthcare providers on family medicine specialists’ (PERMFAMS) clinical performance, professional attitudes and research visibility

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Table 3 Analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) presenting the independent and main effect of health care facilities and encounter on each of the total means perception of family medicine specialist’s clinical practice

Source	Type III sum of squares	Mean square	F	Sig.	Partial eta squared	Adjusted R squared
Dependent Variable: Total Mean CC, n = 681
Health Facilities	11.381	5.691	25.713	<0.0001	0.071	0.156
Encounter	7.604	2.535	11.453	<0.0001	0.048	0.156
Dependent Variable: Total Mean EP, n = 677
Health Facilities	20.386	10.193	29.397	<0.0001	0.081	0.170
Encounter	6.063	2.021	5.828	<0.0001	0.025	0.170
Dependent Variable: Total Mean SP, n = 473
Health Facilities	7.142	7.142	22.107	< 0.0001	0.045	0.060
Encounter	5.103	1.701	5.266	< 0.0001	0.033	0.060
Dependent Variable: Total Mean PT, n = 681
Health Facilities	9.774	4.887	12.843	< 0.0001	0.037	0.124
Encounter	9.385	3.128	8.221	< 0.0001	0.035	0.124
Dependent Variable: Total Mean RP, n = 670
Health Facilities	20.165	10.082	22.823	< 0.0001	0.064	0.113
Encounter	2.839	0.946	2.143	0.094	0.010	0.113

CC = clinical competency, EP = ethical practice, SP = safety issue in clinical practice, PT = professional attitude and team-working, RP = research collaboration and publication.
Health Facilities = health clinics, health offices and hospitals.
Encounter comprises four categories: 1: is almost every day; 2: is almost every week; 3: is almost every 1–2 month; 4: is < 6x per year.