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Table 4 Multinomial logistic regression analysis of GPs’ preferences for time spent on preventive health care services 1

From: What professional activities do general practitioners find most meaningful? Cross sectional survey of Norwegian general practitioners

 

Risk conditions

Preventive health clinics

School health services

Independent variables

Less time

More time

Less time

More time

Less time

More time

 

OR (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)

Age 50+

1.0 (0.6 – 1.6)

1.1 (0.8 – 1.5)

1.3 (0.8 – 2.0)

1.5 (0.6 – 3.8)

1.4 (0.9 – 2.1)

1.8 (0.6 – 5.5)

Female

1.0 (0.6 – 1.5)

1.3 (1.0 – 1.7)

0.8 (0.6 – 1.3)

1.0 (0.5 – 2.2)

0.6 (0.4 – 0.9)

2.0 (0.8 – 4.7)

Municipality >20,000 inhabitants

1.1 (0.7 – 1.8)

0.9 (0.7 – 1.3)

1.4 (0.9 – 2.1)

0.6 (0.2 – 1.4)

1.0 (0.7 – 1.6)

0.4 (0.1 – 1.1)

Specialist in GP

1.6 (0.9 – 2.8)

0.8 (0.5 – 1.0)

1.0 (0.6 – 1.6)

0.5 (0.2 – 1.3)

1.0 (0.6 – 1.6)

0.2 (0.1 – 0.6)

List size < 1,200

1.8 (1.1 – 2.9)

0.7 (0.5 – 1.0) 2

0.6 (0.4 – 0.9)

1.4 (0.6 – 3.4)

0.6 (0.4 – 0.9)

2.0 (0.7 – 5.7)

< 4 GPs in the practice

0.6 (0.3 – 0.9)

0.8 (0.6 – 1.1)

1.4 (1.0 – 2.1)

0.7 (0.3 – 1.6)

1.0 (0.7 – 1.5)

0.6 (0.2 – 1.4)

Salaried position

1.7 (0.8 – 3.5)

1.0 (0.6 – 1.8)

0.5 (0.1 – 1.6)

1.8 (0.6 – 5.2)

0.6 (0.2 – 1.7)

3.7 (1.5 – 9.4)

Pseudo R-Square (Nagelkerke)

0.03

0.05

0.10

  1. 1 In the multinomial models the GPs’ preferences for using less time as well as more time were contrasted to no change in the time spent on different preventive health care services.
  2. 2 p=0.026, CI includes 1.0 due to rounding.
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