Table 1.

Participating General Practitioner (n = 51) Characteristics in Twelve Practices Compared with the BEACH Data Set (n = 988)

	Study participants	BEACH participants
	n (%)	n (%)*
Sex
Males	32 (63)	557 (56)
Age
25–44	12 (24)	280 (28)
45–54	20 (39)	360 (37)
≥ 55	19 (37)	342 (35)
Years in general practice
≤ 5	4 (7.8)	98 (10)
6–19	14 (27)	350 (26)
≥20	33 (65)	533 (54)
Direct patient hours
≤ 20	13 (25)	103 (11)
21–40	37 (73)	547 (56)
41–60	1 (2.0)	300 (31)
>60	0 (0)	23 (2.4)

BEACH Bettering the Evaluation and Care of Health study

*Number less than total (n = 988) due to missing data