Table 2.
Descriptive statistics
| Characteristics | Responding general practitioners |
| (n=1906) | |
| Job satisfaction | |
| Satisfied | 1558 (81.7) |
| Dissatisfied | 231 (12.1) |
| Do not know | 47 (2.5) |
| Missing | 70 (3.7) |
| Attitude towards accreditation | |
| Positive | 429 (22.5) |
| Negative | 861 (45.2) |
| Neutral/do not know | 616 (32.3) |
| Accreditation is a tool for external control |
|
| Agree | 1558 (81.7) |
| Disagree | 76 (4.0) |
| Neutral/do not know | 234 (12.3) |
| Missing | 38 (2.0) |
| Accreditation is a tool for quality improvement | |
| Agree | 785 (41.2) |
| Disagree | 565 (29.6) |
| Neutral/do not know | 518 (27.2) |
| Missing | 38 (2.0) |
| How do you think the accreditation process will affect your job satisfaction? | |
| Positively | 116 (6.1) |
| Negatively | 1095 (57.5) |
| Neutrally/do not know | 632 (33.2) |
| Missing | 63 (3.3) |
| Age | |
| Below 45 | 478 (25.1) |
| 46–55 | 559 (29.3) |
| 56–65 | 749 (39.3) |
| 66 and above | 120 (6.3) |
| Mean (SD) (range) | 53.3 (8.9) (33–84) |
| Gender | |
| Female | 913 (47.9) |
| Male | 993 (52.1) |
| Practice type | |
| Shared | 1309 (68.7) |
| Solo practice | 597 (31.3) |
| Region | |
| Capital Region of Denmark | 572 (30.0) |
| Central Denmark Region | 473 (24.8) |
| Region of North Denmark | 171 (9.0) |
| Region Zealand | 265 (13.9) |
| Region of Southern Denmark | 425 (22.3) |