| Gastroenterologists | 29 (7.1) |
| Outpatient internists | 164 (40.1) |
| Inpatient internists/gastroenterologist | 25 (6.1) |
| Outpatient surgeon | 7 (1.7) |
| Inpatient surgeon | 12 (2.9) |
Length of work | 11 - 15 years | 69 (16.9) |
| 16 - 20 years | 59 (14.4) |
| 21 - 25 years | 40 (9.8) |
| 5 - 10 years | 85 (20.8) |
| More than 25 years | 54 (13.2) |
| Less than 5 years | 102 (24.9) |
The level of medical category | None | 169 (41.3) |
| First | 110 (26.9) |
| Second | 68 (16.6) |
| The highest | 62 (15.2) |
Academic degree | PhD | 2 (0.5) |
| None | 407 (99.5) |
Number of patients admitted per day | 11 - 20 | 157 (38.4) |
| 21 - 30 | 144 (35.2) |
| More than 30 | 54 (13.2) |
| Less than 10 | 54 (13.2) |
Frequency of patients with chronic pancreatitis | 1 per day | 52 (12.7) |
| Few per day | 148 (36.2) |
| 1 per week | 44 (10.8) |
| Few per week | 161 (39.4) |
| 1 per month | 4 (1) |