Table 1.
Characteristics of Respondents and GP Satisfaction in the 11 Countries
| AU 747 |
CA 2,284 |
FR 502 |
DE 559 |
NL 618 |
NZ 503 |
NO 864 |
SE 2,905 |
CH 1,065 |
UK 1,001 |
US 1,001 |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sex, female, % | 37.0 | 43.8 | 35.0 | 44.3 | 45.3 | 45.0 | 40.0 | 51.5 | 32.9 | 49.1 | 39.9 |
| Age, y, % | |||||||||||
| <35 | 11.3 | 9.5 | 7.8 | 1.0 | 4.5 | 9.0 | 13.1 | 9.1 | 0.8 | 13.8 | 5.5 |
| 35-44 | 28.8 | 22.1 | 15.8 | 35.7 | 28.1 | 29.0 | 31.7 | 26.6 | 18.1 | 30.9 | 20.3 |
| 45-54 | 32.1 | 27.5 | 28.1 | 27.6 | 31.3 | 40.0 | 22.0 | 24.3 | 31.3 | 30.0 | 30.1 |
| 55-64 | 17.3 | 26.3 | 39.0 | 28.6 | 33.3 | 18.0 | 27.0 | 28.1 | 36.4 | 19.2 | 28.8 |
| ≥65 | 10.5 | 14.5 | 9.3 | 7.1 | 2.7 | 4.0 | 6.2 | 11.8 | 13.5 | 6.2 | 16.1 |
| Urban area, % | 71.8 | 66.7 | 70.4 | 52.9 | 46.6 | 69.7 | 37.7 | 52.4 | 51.5 | 68.0 | 72.1 |
| GPs FTE in the practice (median) | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 3 |
| GP Satisfaction at work, % | |||||||||||
| Very satisfied | 35.1 | 29.3 | 9.2 | 11.5 | 16.6 | 33.0 | 39.5 | 26.9 | 27.6 | 13.6 | 19.0 |
| Satisfied | 53.0 | 55.0 | 57.1 | 52.1 | 67.8 | 53.5 | 52.4 | 48.5 | 58.7 | 53.2 | 46.5 |
| Somewhat dissatisfied | 10.8 | 14.5 | 24.0 | 30.5 | 14.6 | 12.1 | 7.5 | 20.5 | 11.7 | 29.0 | 28.6 |
| Very dissatisfied | 1.1 | 1.1 | 9.8 | 6.9 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 4.1 | 2.0 | 5.9 | 5.9 |
AU = Australia; CA = Canada; CH = Switzerland; DE = Germany; FR = France; FTE = full-time equivalent; GP = general practitioner; NL = Netherlands; NO = Norway; NZ = New Zealand; SE = Sweden; UK = United Kingdom; US = United States.
Note: Urbanity was self-reported.