Characteristics of primary care practices and GPs | Median and interquartile range | Number of missing observations | |
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Gender (percentage of females) | 52.5 | 28 | |
Age (mean ± SDa) | 50.3 ± 9.7 | 52 (43–58) | 74 |
Practice location (percentages) | 150 | ||
Big (inner)city | 31.4 | ||
Suburbs or small town | 35.1 | ||
Urban-rural or rural | 33.5 | ||
Employment status (percentages) | 246 | ||
Salaried | 35.0 | ||
Self-employed | 64.0 | ||
Mixed | 1 | ||
Number of face-to face visits in a normal working day (mean ± SDa) | 31.0 ± 16.0 | 28 (20–40) | 49 |
Number of telephone calls in a normal working day (mean ± SDa) | 8.2 ± 7.6 | 5 (3–10) | 49 |
Job satisfaction (mean ± SDa) | 2.5 ± 0.3 | 2,5 (2.2–2.8) | 52 |
Availability of supporting staff (percentages): | 137 | ||
Absence of secretary and nurse | 7.4 | ||
presence of a secretary or a nurse | 43.1 | ||
presence of both a secretary and a nurse | 49.5 | ||
Use of pc to send referral letters (percentage of ‘yes’) | 71.0 | 292 | |
Interactions between GPs and specialists (mean ± SDa) | 1.7 ± 0.5 | 1.67 (1.2–2.0) | 172 |
Country characteristics | |||
Gatekeeping system in place (percentage of ‘yes’) | 55.9 | 0 |