Table 1.
Sample characteristics
| Selected videotaped consultations | |
| Patients | N = 394 |
| Age | |
| -Range (years) | 18–88 |
| -Mean (SD) | 49.4 (17.4) |
| Male (%) | 40.6 |
| Private health insurance (%) | 26.1 |
| Number of consultations | |
| -Range | 1–58 |
| -Mean (SD) | 7.0 (6.6) |
| Self-reported overall health (%) | |
| -(very) good | 56.5 |
| -Moderate to poor | 43.5 |
| Familiarity (%): | |
| -hardly or not at all familiar | 29.2 |
| -moderately familiar | 18.3 |
| -very familiar | 52.2 |
| GPs | N = 40 |
| Age | |
| -Range (years) | 35–59 |
| -Mean (SD) | 45.9 (7.2) |
| Male (%) | 50.0 |
| Practicing years | |
| -Range | 1–30 |
| -Mean (SD) | 14.4 (8.9) |
| Full time equivalent | |
| -Range | .20–1.00 |
| -Mean (SD) | .80 (.20) |
| No. of patients per GP | |
| -Range | 1345–2810 |
| -Mean (SD) | 2226 (362) |
| Duo-/group practice (%) | 82.5 |
| Location (%) | |
| -Most urban | 17.5 |
| -Urban | 30.0 |
| -Suburban | 15.0 |
| -Mixed urban/rural | 25.0 |
| -Rural | 12.5 |