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. 2018 Feb 21;18:132. doi: 10.1186/s12913-018-2913-4

Table 8.

Distribution of dependent variables at the GP level by country

Countries Provision of technical proceduresa
N = 7136
Mean (SD)
Use of guidelinesb
N = 7127
Mean (SD)
Collaboration with different providersc
N = 7145
Mean (SD)
Coordination with secondary cared
N = 7108
Mean (SD)
Austria 2.062 (0.568) 0.843 (0.271) 1.716 (0.256) 1.721 (0.419)
Belgium 2.373 (0.499) 0.899 (0.197) 1.875 (0.279) 1.704 (0.522)
Bulgaria 1.762 (0.410) 0.747 (0.323) 2.078 (0.302) 1.940 (0.554)
Cyprus 1.260 (0.199) 0.516 (0.393) 2.050 (0.289) 1.541 (0.490)
Czech Republic 1.396 (0.291) 0.838 (0.249) 1.832 (0.229) 1.657 (0.396)
Denmark 2.538 (0.452) 0.923 (0.143) 1.560 (0.184) 1.638 (0.357)
Estonia 1.551 (0.437) 0.309 (0.183) 1.964 (0.218) 1.605 (0.386)
Finland 3.312 (0.481) 0.958 (0.114) 2.103 (0.195) 1.918 (0.394)
Germany 1.832 (0.464) 0.920 (0.186) 1.576 (0.232) 1.797 (0.409)
Greece 2.428 (0.457) 0.905 (0.187) 2.090 (0.244) 1.734 (0.406)
Hungary 1.366 (0.328) 0.698 (0.347) 2.037 (0.235) 1.452 (0.344)
Iceland 2.887 (0.502) 0.780 (0.295) 2.064 (0.197) 1.927 (0.465)
Ireland 2.680 (0.551) 0.875 (0.203) 1.990 (0.225) 1.492 (0.350)
Italy 1.392 (0.306) 0.869 (0.228) 1.698 (0.246) 1.570 (0.431)
Latvia 1.426 (0.303) 0.921 (0.182) 2.075 (0.226) 1.869 (0.424)
Lithuania 1.277 (0.297) 0.879 (0.152) 2.056 (0.252) 1.669 (0.453)
Luxembourg 2.081 (0.471) 0.874 (0.263) 1.681 (0.306) 1.723 (0.438)
Malta 2.203 (0.469) 0.864 (0.244) 1.907 (0.252) 1.551 (0.450)
Netherlands 3.287 (0.391) 0.959 (0.112) 2.121 (0.220) 2.062 (0.452)
Norway 3.123 (0.442) 0.898 (0.188) 1.853 (0.222) 2.011 (0.419)
Poland 1.325 (0.313) 0.891 (0.237) 2.097 (0.267) 1.495 (0.471)
Portugal 1.782 (0.422) 0.908 (0.178) 1.978 (0.207) 1.359 (0.309)
Romania 1.428 (0.360) 0.615 (0.367) 1.882 (0.274) 1.582 (0.483)
Slovakia 1.300 (0.346) 0.488 (0.332) 1.806 (0.243) 1.625 (0.483)
Slovenia 1.669 (0.465) 0.959 (0.102) 2.024 (0.196) 1.558 (0.353)
Spain 2.212 (0.488) 0.938 (0.156) 1.735 (0.240) 1.479 (0.427)
Sweden 2.990 (0.367) 0.919 (0.198) 2.123 (0.242) 1.663 (0.370)
Switzerland 2.580 (0.587) 0.794 (0.315) 1.716 (0.241) 1.882 (0.370)
Turkey 1.749 (0.452) 0.654 (0.376) 1.802 (0.253) 1.463 (0.406)
UK (England) 2.642 (0.505) 0.989 (0.016) 2.077 (0.198) 1.683 (0.409)
Australia 2.887 (0.590) 0.805 (0.309) 1.824 (0.256) 1.614 (0.386)
Canada 2.648 (0.606) 0.922 (0.161) 1.971 (0.296) 1.942 (0.492)
New Zealand 3.220 (0.488) 0.792 (0.303) 1.900 (0.211) 1.690 (0.380)
FYR Macedonia 1.277 (0.216) 0.924 (0.205) 1.900 (0.246) 1.726 (0.470)
Average 2.134 (0.794) 0.854 (0.260) 1.909 (0.291) 1.695 (0.467)
Weak PC countries 1.795 (0.671) 0.766 (0.320) 1.950 (0.294) 1.684 (0.471)
Medium PC countries 2.156 (0.818) 0.876 (0.234) 1.907 (0.288) 1.725 (0.458)
Strong PC countries 2.337 (0.771) 0.890 (0.222) 1.885 (0.289) 1.675 (0.472)

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dScale 1 to 3