Table 1.

Practices included

Number of residents in city of practice
<5000	7
5000 - 30,000	6
30,000 - 100,000	2
>100,000	5
Practice type
Solo (1 GP)	2
Duo (2 GPs)	4
Group Practice (>2 GPs)	8
Health Centre (also other primary care professions in the same building)	6
Number of GPs in practice
1	2
2	4
3	3
4	6
7	4
8	1
Average number of patients per practice (SD)	6,433 (2,864)
Practice is a teaching practice for healthcare workers	20
Patient characteristics
Gender
Male	425
Female	575
Age (%)
0 to 24	20
25 to 49	32
50 to 74	36
75 to 100	12
Polypharmacy (>5 present medications)	160
Patient at risk	185
Average number of contacts with the practice per year (SD)	8.4 (7.1)