Are low and high utilization related to the way GPs manage their practices? An observational study

BMC Primary Care

Table 3 Model estimates for the regression of mean actual utilization rate on practice characteristics. (Data aggregated on practice level, n = 224)

	B	P-value	Lower bound 95% CI	Upper bound 95% CI
Practice organization measures
Medical service profile	0.048	0.33	−0.049	0.145
Consultation profile	0.070	0.22	−0.041	0.182
Accessibility	0.156	0.05	−0.001	0.312
Disease management	0.048^a	0.04	0.001	0.094
Patient information material	−0.074	0.23	−0.196	0.048
Human resources in practice
Doctor’s assistant	−0.456	0.18	−1.125	0.212
Practice nurse somatic disorders	−0.265	0.07	−0.553	0.024
Practice nurse mental disorders	0.047	0.70	−0.188	0.281
Pharmacist	0.145	0.60	−0.403	0.694
Other medical providers	0.618^a	0.00	0.298	0.938
Other non-medical providers	−0.141	0.24	−0.375	0.094
Type of practice; reference is solo practice
Dual practices	0.283^a	0.02	0.040	0.525
Group practices	0.141	0.32	−0.136	0.419
GP characteristics per practice
Percentage of female GPs	0.003	0.10	−0.001	0.006
Percentage of GPs younger than 40 years	0.002	0.28	−0.002	0.006
Percentage of self-employed GPs	−0.001	0.66	−0.005	0.003
Number of patients per FTE GP	0.000	0.82	−0.000	0.000

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