Table 2.
Staffing of physicians at health care centres, characteristics of physicians and number of patients visits and frequency of plasma calcium analyses per title in the county of Skaraborg during 2005.
| Physicians | Physicians/HCC | Patients visits | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total number | % women | Mean age (year) | SD | Median age (year) | Range age (year) | Mean | SD | Median | Range | Total number | With P-Ca test % | |
| Preregistration house officer | 51 | 39 | 31 | 5.6 | 29 | 26-48 | 2.2 | 2.7 | 1 | 0-7 | 21 424 | 11 |
| House officer | 68 | 69 | 35 | 6.0 | 34 | 26-50 | 3.0 | 1.9 | 3 | 0-9 | 35 712 | 11 |
| GP < 46 year | 39 | 41 | 38 | 3.6 | 35 | 32-45 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 2 | 0-4 | 45 491 | 10 |
| GP ≥ 46 year | 85 | 32 | 55 | 8.6 | 52 | 46-67 | 3.7 | 1.6 | 4 | 1-6 | 92 109 | 8 |
| Locum < 46 year | 112 | 17 | 36 | 5.4 | 36 | 27-45 | 6.2 | 8.9 | 3 | 0-36 | 23 153 | 7 |
| Locum ≥ 46 year | 102 | 17 | 55 | 11.5 | 46 | 46-76 | 6.5 | 9.2 | 2 | 0-32 | 23 573 | 8 |
| Total | 457 | 32 | 43 | 11.6 | 41 | 26-76 | 23.3 | 18.1 | 18 | 2-85 | 241 529 | 9 |
GP = general practioner
HCC = health care centre
P-Ca = plasma calcium