Table 1.

Patient, general practitioner (GP) and emergency physician (EP) characteristics

	No of patients seen by EPs (percentage of all 171 patients)	No of patients seen by GPs (percentage of all 134 patients)
Gender
Female	104 (61)	85 (63)
Male	65 (38)	49 (37)
Unknown	2 (1)	0 (0)
Average age (in years)	52.3	48.5

	No of EPs (percentage of all 16 physicians)	No of GPs (percentage of all 12 physicians)
Gender
Female	9 (56)	5 (42)
Male	7 (44)	7 (58)
	EPs	GPs
Mean clinical experience (in years)	Residents: 2 Attendings: 13	21