Table 1.

Respondent characteristics

Variable	Respondents	All Norwegian GPs
	n=1,308	n=4,0491
Age, mean	47 y	49 y2
Females	36%	35%2
Specialty attainment	66%	55%3
Mean number of patients listed per doctor	1,209	1,1822
Municipality, number of inhabitants
<5,000	13%	14%1
5,000-9,999	13%	14%1
10,000-19,999	18%	17%1
20,000-49,999	24%	21%1
50,000 +	32%	34%1

1. Statistics Norway (http://www.ssb.no accessed 24th of March 2011).

2. http://www.helsedirektoratet.no/finansiering/refusjonsordninger/tall-og-analyser/Documents/hovedtallsrapport-2010.pdf.

3. http://www.legeforeningen.no/id/18 14.04.2011.