Doctor and practice characteristics associated with differences in patient evaluations of general practice

Table 1 Distribution of characteristics among participating general practitioners.

		N	%
Gender
N = 365	Female	136	37.3
	Male	229	62.7
Age (years)
N = 365	30 – 39	21	5.8
	40 – 49	125	34.3
	50 – 59	195	53.4
	60 +	24	6.6
Seniority in present practice (years)
N = 255	0 – 2	20	7.8
	3 – 5	53	20.8
	6 – 10	41	16.1
	11 – 20	86	33.7
	20 +	55	21.6
Working hours (hours/week)
N = 360	0 – 21	12	3.3
	22 – 37	131	36.4
	38 – 44	124	34.4
	45 +	93	25.8
Urbanity
N = 361	Urban	190	52.6
	Rural	44	12.2
	Urban/rural	127	35.2
List Size (patients/GP*)
N = 360	0 – 1000	31	8.6
	1001 – 1600	217	60.3
	1601 – 2000	93	25.8
	2001 +	19	5.3
Practice organisation
N = 364	Single-handed	80	22.0
	Shared single-handed	12	3.3
	Group of single-handed	36	9.9
	Partnership	165	45.3
	Part-time partnership	71	19.5
Staff (full-time employees/GP)
N = 358	0 – 0.5	69	19.3
	0.51 – 0.86	131	36.6
	0.87 – 1	107	29.9
	1.01 – 1.49	37	10.3
	1.5 +	14	3.9
Teaching out of practice
N = 359	No	270	75.2
	Yes	89	24.8
Training practice
N = 358	No	120	33.5
	Yes	238	66.5

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