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Table 4 List size and characteristics of GPs, list populations and practice municipalities associated with a high rate1of multidisciplinary meetings (MDMs) in Norwegian general practice.

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

  

Univariate analyses

Model 1

Model 2

Model 3

 

N

OR

95%CI

p-value

OR

95%CI

p-value

OR

95%CI

p-value

OR

95%CI

p-value

List size

             

≥ 1600

476

Ref

  

Ref

  

Ref

  

Ref

  

1200 - 1599

1162

2.3

1.7-3.3

< 0.001

2.6

1.8-3.7

< 0.001

2.3

1.6-3.3

< 0.001

2.3

1.6-3.3

< 0.001

800 - 1199

1143

4.1

3.0-5.7

< 0.001

4.9

3.4-6.9

< 0.001

3.6

2.5-5.1

< 0.001

2.9

2.0-4.2

< 0.001

< 800

398

7.8

5.4-11.3

< 0.001

10.7

7.2-15.8

< 0.001

7.1

4.7-10.7

< 0.001

4.9

3.2-7.5

< 0.001

GP age

             

≥ 55 years

1014

Ref

  

Ref

  

Ref

  

Ref

  

45-54 years

1235

1.2

0.9-1.4

0.17

1.2

1.0-1.6

0.071

1.3

1.1-1.6

0.020

1.3

1.0-1.6

0.058

< 45 years

930

2.1

1.7-2.6

< 0.001

1.9

1.5-2.5

< 0.001

1.9

1.5-2.4

< 0.001

1.6

1.2-2.1

< 0.001

GP gender

             

Female

932

Ref

  

Ref

  

Ref

  

Ref

  

Male

2247

1.3

1.1-1.6

0.004

2.0

1.6-2.4

< 0.001

1.2

0.9-1.7

0.21

1.3

1.0-1.9

0.076

MDM proportion with patients ≥ 67

             

Low 2

2225

Ref

  

Ref

  

Ref

  

Ref

  

High 3

954

3.3

2.8-3.9

< 0.001

3.8

3.2-4.6

< 0.001

4.4

3.6-5.3

< 0.001

4.1

3.3-5.0

< 0.001

Proportion of consultations

with a psychological diagnosis*

             

Low (< 8%)

1060

Ref

  

Ref

  

Ref

  

Ref

  

Medium (8-11%)

1060

1.1

0.9-1.4

0.33

1.3

1.0-1.6

0.05

1.2

1.0-1.6

0.11

1.4

1.1-1.8

0.010

High (> 11%)

1059

2.4

2.0-2.9

< 0.001

2.8

2.2-3.4

< 0.001

2.7

2.1-3.4

< 0.001

3.4

2.6-4.4

< 0.001

Proportion ≥ 67 years*

             

Low (< 9%)

1060

Ref

     

Ref

  

Ref

  

Medium (9-15%)

1060

1.0

0.9-1.3

0.76

   

1.0

0.8-1.3

0.94

0.9

0.7-1.2

0.35

High (> 15%)

1059

1.2

1.0-1.5

0.056

   

1.0

0.8-1.4

0.80

0.9

0.6-1.2

0.39

Proportion male patients*

             

Low (< 48%)

1060

Ref

     

Ref

  

Ref

  

Medium (48-54%)

1060

1.5

1.2-1.9

< 0.001

   

1.6

1.2-2.3

0.002

1.3

1.0-1.9

0.076

High (> 54%)

1059

1.6

1.3-2.0

< 0.001

   

1.9

1.4-2.7

< 0.001

1.6

1.2-2.3

0.005

Proportion with education ≤ 9 years 4 *

             

Low (< 12%)

1060

Ref

     

Ref

  

Ref

  

Medium (12-17%)

1060

1.0

0.9-1.3

0.71

   

0.7

0.5-0.8

0.001

0.6

0.4-0.8

< 0.001

High (> 17%)

1059

1.7

1.4-2.1

< 0.001

   

0.7

0.5-1.1

0.089

0.6

0.4-0.9

0.012

Mean annual income among patients 4

             

< 210,000 n.kr

799

Ref

     

Ref

  

Ref

  

210000 - 250000

1283

0.7

0.6-0.8

< 0.001

   

0.8

0.6-1.0

0.046

0.9

0.7-1.2

0.40

> 250000

1097

0.3

0.3-0.4

< 0.001

   

0.5

0.3-0.6

< 0.001

0.7

0.5-0.9

0.008

Proportion disability pensioners 5 *

             

Low (< 8%)

1060

Ref

     

Ref

  

Ref

  

Medium (8-11%)

1060

1.5

1.3-1.9

< 0.001

   

1.7

1.3-2.2

< 0.001

1.6

1.3-2.1

< 0.001

High (> 12%)

1059

1.9

1.6-2.4

< 0.001

   

1.7

1.2-2.6

0.001

1.6

1.2-2.2

0.005

Proportion with social assistance 6 *

             

Low (< 3%)

1060

Ref

     

Ref

  

Ref

  

Medium (3-5%)

1060

1.4

1.1-1.8

0.002

   

1.1

0.9-1.4

0.37

1.2

0.9-1.6

0.14

High (> 5%)

1059

3.0

2.5-3.7

< 0.001

   

1.9

1.5-2.4

< 0.001

2.2

1.7-2.8

< 0.001

Inhabitants in practice municipality

             

> 50,000

1103

Ref

        

Ref

  

20-50,000

667

0.9

0.7-1.2

0.37

      

0.9

0.7-1.2

0.43

10-20,000

514

1.7

1.3-2.2

< 0.001

      

1.5

1.1-2.1

0.005

< 10,000

895

4.4

3.6-5.5

< 0.001

      

3.7

2.8-4.9

< 0.001

  1. Binary logistic regression analyses. N = 3179 GPs
  2. 1) "High rate" defined as > 35 meetings per 1000 patients per year
  3. 2) Proportion of MDMs concerning patients ≥ 67 years lower than the proportion of list population ≥ 67 years
  4. 3) Proportion of MDMs concerning patients ≥ 67 years equal to or higher than the proportion of list population ≥ 67 years
  5. 4) Among list population ≥ 20 years
  6. 5) Proportion disability pensioners in the age group 20 - 67 years
  7. 6) Proportion with social assistance in the age group 20 - 40 years
  8. *) Categorised variables with three equal sized groups of GPs, percentages are give, rounded to nearest whole numbers, to illustrate differences between GP groups.