Table 1.
Staff and equipment features of the offices of general practitioners (GP) working through the national health system (NHS) according to the characteristics of the GP
| GP characteristics | Staff |
Medical equipment |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Physicians | Othersa | EKG | US | Spirometer | Doppler | |
| Practice area | ||||||
| Northern Italy | 47.3% | 11.7 | 35.0 | 4.6 | 19.4 | 9.3 |
| Central Italy | 58.2 | 7.0 | 42.1 | 10.3 | 24.1 | 24.7 |
| Southern Italy | 32.3 | 21.7 | 31.7 | 9.1 | 29.3 | 10.7 |
| Total | 44.6 | 14.1 | 35.6 | 7.6 | 24.0 | 13.5 |
| Physician age (years) | ||||||
| ≤44 | 61.5 | 10.7 | 26.1 | 14.6 | 18.7 | 13.1 |
| 45–54 | 43.9 | 10.4 | 39.2 | 8.5 | 24.8 | 14.9 |
| ≥55 | 39.3 | 27.8 | 28.1 | 1.4 | 24.0 | 9.1 |
| Total | 44.6 | 14.1 | 35.6 | 7.6 | 24.0 | 13.5 |
| Professional activities | ||||||
| GP only | 42.3 | 14.6 | 31.8 | 4.9 | 22.9 | 9.5 |
| GP + activity in other NHS facility | 43.1 | 8.0 | 22.4 | 20.3 | 10.8 | 24.1 |
| GP + private practice | 50.1 | 14.4 | 46.9 | 10.4 | 29.7 | 19.7 |
| Total | 44.6 | 14.1 | 35.6 | 7.6 | 24.0 | 13.5 |
Source: FIMMG study center, 2003.
a
Nurse, secretary, and other healthcare professionals.