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Table 1 Description of participating and non-participating GPs

From: Gaining information about home visits in primary care: methodological issues from a feasibility study

Parameters

Statistics

Participating GPs

Non-participating GPs

Total (n = 92)

Tests on differences

GPs documenting home visits (n = 21)

drop outs (n = 8)

GPs interviewed for non-response analysis (n = 20)

GPs with no response (n = 43)

Female$

N

14

4

18

32

67

exact chi2 test: p ≥ 0.05

Urban region (>200000 inhabitants)$

N

12

4

13

32

61

exact chi2 test: p ≥ 0.05

Single practice$

N

18

8

14

35

77

exact chi2 test: p ≥ 0.05

Age$$

Median

53

46#

54

--

--

exact median test: p ≥ 0.05

Delegation of home visits$$

N

13

--

16

--

--

Fisher’s exact test: p ≥ 0.05

Estimated number of home visits per week$$

M ± SD

20 ± 11

12 ± 3#

17 ± 16

--

--

two sample t-test: p ≥ 0.05

Estimated percentual number of patients ≥ 65 years$$

M ± SD

56% ± 17%

--

45% ± 19%

--

--

two sample t-test: p ≥ 0.05

Estimated number of nursing home residents$$

Median

33

--

24

--

--

exact median test: p ≥ 0.05

  1. #Based on telephone interviews with 3 non-responders.
  2. $Administrative data from Department of General Practice/University Halle.
  3. $$Data from questionnaire (documenting GPs) or interviews (non-participating GPs and drop outs).
  4. – no data collected.