Table 1.

General practitioners' characteristics

Characteristics	Network of GPs N = 57*
Age
30-39 yrs	11 (19.3%)
40-49 yrs	22 (38.6%)
50-59 yrs	24 (42.1%)
Gender
Male	49 (86.0%)
Female	8 (14.0%)
Years of experience
5-10 yrs	24 (42.1%)
11-20 yrs	26 (45.6%)
>20 yrs	7 (12.3%)
Number of patients included
< 10	25 (43.9%)
10-19	25 (43.9%)
≥ 20	7 (12.2%)
Location
Urban	36 (63%)
Rural	21 (37%)

* Supervised residents (n = 6) from the academic outpatient department are not included in this description. Residents attended to 26 patients. Five of them were women; all were below 40 years of age and had less than 10 yrs of experience.