Table 5.

Background information on the three groups. When type of pharmacist is defined as resident, this means that he/she is the pharmacist within the community pharmacy that holds final responsibility for all activities within the community pharmacy practice

	Group 1	Group 2	Group 3	p value
Background information	N = 34	N = 37	N = 20
Gender (%)				0.711
Male	38.2	29.7	30.0
Age in years (average ± SD)	39.6 ± 10.7	40.7 ± 10.4	36.6 ± 11.2	0.359
Graduation year (average ± SD)	2001 ± 10.0	2000 ± 10.0	2004 ± 10.0	0.312
Type of pharmacist (%)				0.318
Resident and (partial) owner	26.5	40.5	15.0
Resident in paid employment	41.2	29.7	40.0
Locum pharmacist	32.4	29.7	45.0
Working hours per week (average ± SD)	36.3 ± 9.1	36.8 ± 6.1	37.3 ± 6.2	0.470
Self-reported extent of control over time utilization (%)				0.894
Yes, fully in control	55.9	51.4	50.0
More or less in control	44.1	48.6	50.0
Pharmacy part of a chain or partnership (%)				0.883
Not part of a chain- or partnership	38.2	32.4	35.0
Yes. Less than 5 pharmacies	23.5	21.6	20.0
Yes. Between 5 and 25 pharmacies	17.6	32.4	25.0
Yes. With over 25 pharmacies	20.6	13.5	20.0
Age of population of residential area (%)				0.233
Mostly younger inhabitant	11.8	16.2	5.0
Both young and old inhabitants	52.9	37.8	30.0
Mostly older inhabitants	35.3	45.9	65.0
Utilizing centralized prescription processing (central fill) (%)				0.664
Yes	55.9	62.2	50.0
No	44.1	37.8	50.0
Want to spend more time on direct patient contact (%)				0.030
Yes	52.9	81.1	75.0
No	47.1	18.9	25.0
Completely satisfied with current time-utilization (%)				0.272
Yes	2.9	10.8	15.0
No	97.1	89.2	85.0
Extra financial support from healthcare insurer to stimulate cooperation with GP (%)				0.226
Yes	26.5	18.9	40.0
No	73.5	81.1	60.0