Norwegian GPs' participation in multidisciplinary meetings: A register-based study from 2007

Table 3 GP, list, and list population characteristics among Norwegian GPs, grouped according to frequency of attendance in multidisciplinary meetings (MDMs) in 2007.

	Frequency of attendance in MDMs¹
	Low	Medium/low	Medium/high	High	p-value
Number of GPs	795	795	795	794
Mean annual rate per 1000 patients (min-max)	4 (0-7)²	12 (7-17)	24 (17-35)	54 (35-170)
*GP characteristics:*
GP age, mean	52.2	50.0	48.5	47.3	< 0.001
GP gender: percent male	70.5	69.3	68.2	74.7	0.026
*GP practice characteristics:*
Consultations with psychological diagnosis³,%	8.6	9.7	10.5	11.8	< 0.001
Rate MDMs, patients ≥67 years⁴	0.6	0.8	1.0	1.6	< 0.001
*List characteristics:*
Mean list size	1367	1283	1225	1077	< 0.001
Percentage of lists open to new patients	32.7	28.6	26.9	37.0	< 0.001
*List population characteristics:*
Persons ≥67 years on the list, %	12.9	12.3	12.1	13.0	0.014
Men in the list, %	49.4	49.2	49.2	51.1	< 0.001
Education ≤ 9 years⁵, %	14.1	14.4	14.6	15.9	< 0.001
Mean annual income (NOK1000)⁵	266	248	241	226	< 0.001
Disability pensioners⁶, %	9.5	10.1	10.7	11.7	< 0.001
Social assistance recipients⁷, %	3.6	4.1	4.6	5.6	< 0.001

One-way analyses of variance. N = 3179 GPs
1) GPs grouped in quartiles based on annual rate of multidisciplinary meetings per patient on the list
2) 83 GPs with no registered meetings
3) Proportion of all consultations in the GPs practices
4) Rate MDMs, patients ≥67 years = Proportion of MDMs concerning a patient ≥ 67 years/proportion of list population ≥ 67 years.
5) Proportion among patients ≥ 20 years
6) Proportion among patients 20-67 years
7) Proportion among patients 20-40 years

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