Table 2.
Distribution of the independent variables by country
| Countries | Type of GP co-location | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP with other GPsa | GP with other professionals | ||||
| At least oneb | Nurse | Health professionalc | Social worker | ||
| Practice (%) N = 6880 | Practice (%) N = 7163 | Practice (%) N = 7051 | Practice (%) N = 7163 | Practice (%) N = 7047 | |
| Austria | 8.8 | 34.8 | 26.3 | 15.8 | 2.9 |
| Belgium | 46.9 | 13.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 6.7 |
| Bulgaria | 22.5 | 79.4 | 74.9 | 20.2 | 2.3 |
| Cyprus | 85.9 | 91.6 | 91.3 | 88.7 | 18.8 |
| Czech Republic | 11.0 | 95.9 | 96.3 | 5.5 | 0.0 |
| Denmark | 71.6 | 80.2 | 81.0 | 5.7 | 0.5 |
| Estonia | 31.0 | 100.0 | 99.2 | 20.2 | 1.6 |
| Finland | 65.1 | 99.3 | 99.7 | 87.3 | 45.4 |
| Germany | 38.2 | 27.3 | 22.7 | 6.3 | 0.0 |
| Greece | 45.5 | 72.7 | 69.1 | 47.7 | 19.1 |
| Hungary | 11.3 | 96.0 | 98.6 | 9.5 | 4.2 |
| Iceland | 97.5 | 100.0 | 97.5 | 98.8 | 20.0 |
| Ireland | 72.5 | 96.4 | 95.8 | 36.9 | 8.4 |
| Italy | 51.6 | 22.5 | 19.4 | 8.7 | 2.0 |
| Latvia | 9.8 | 99.5 | 99.5 | 9.6 | 3.7 |
| Lithuania | 53.4 | 100.0 | 99.6 | 93.8 | 48.0 |
| Luxembourg | 49.4 | 15.4 | 6.7 | 10.3 | 5.3 |
| Malta | 54.4 | 75.7 | 58.6 | 72.9 | 6.9 |
| Netherlands | 69.8 | 97.0 | 96.6 | 42.6 | 18.7 |
| Norway | 99.0 | 54.0 | 40.4 | 26.8 | 1.5 |
| Poland | 65.9 | 99.5 | 98.2 | 75.5 | 5.5 |
| Portugal | . d | 100.0 | 100.0 | 19.4 | 42.6 |
| Romania | 53.6 | 94.1 | 93.6 | 20.0 | 3.2 |
| Slovakia | 3.2 | 91.4 | 91.3 | 5.0 | 1.4 |
| Slovenia | 17.5 | 98.5 | 98.1 | 63.6 | 4.4 |
| Spain | 94.6 | 100.0 | 99.3 | 83.1 | 77.5 |
| Sweden | 99.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 55.7 | 69.1 |
| Switzerland | 48.2 | 21.1 | 6.1 | 15.1 | 1.0 |
| Turkey | 88.0 | 99.0 | 94.7 | 76.6 | 0.3 |
| UK (England) | 92.9 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 78.1 | 3.0 |
| Australia | 88.2 | 88.8 | 84.6 | 44.1 | 4.7 |
| Canada | 79.7 | 69.7 | 60.2 | 37.9 | 21.8 |
| New Zealand | 87.4 | 98.2 | 98.2 | 47.0 | 6.0 |
| FYR Macedonia | 47.5 | 97.2 | 94.9 | 22.4 | 1.5 |
| Average | 56.5 | 78.3 | 75.5 | 38.9 | 15.5 |
| Weak PC countries | 36.2 | 78.6 | 75.2 | 32.4 | 6.0 |
| Medium PC countries | 53.0 | 71.0 | 65.5 | 39.1 | 11.9 |
| Strong PC countries | 72.3 | 84.9 | 82.3 | 42.9 | 23.2 |
aPercentage of the sampled GPs co-located with at least another GP, irrespective of whether other professionals are present or not
bPercentage of the sampled GPs co-located with at least another professional (nurse, health professional - specialist, midwife, physiotherapist, dentist, pharmacist -, social worker), irrespective of whether other GPs are present or not
cHealth professionals include specialists, midwives, physiotherapists, dentists, pharmacists
dAll values of this question are recoded into missing due to a translation error in the GP questionnaire for Portugal