Table 2.
Practices’ Main Characteristics in the 11 Countries
| Practice organizational & functioning features | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Consultation duration (median, min) | 15 | 15 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 15 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 10 | 15 |
| Weekly workload (median, hours) | 40 | 40 | 50 | 50 | 45 | 36 | 40 | 40 | 48 | 44 | 45 |
| Part dedicated to admin task (% total, median) | 10 | 15 | 15 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 22 | 20 | 20 | 10 |
| Offering home visits, % | |||||||||||
| Frequently | 25.1 | 19.5 | 56.1 | 57.1 | 88.3 | 20.6 | 20.3 | 24.7 | 42.8 | 84.0 | 6.0 |
| Occasionally | 59.6 | 49.4 | 34.2 | 30.0 | 11.7 | 74.8 | 77.8 | 70.1 | 45.4 | 15.1 | 28.6 |
| No | 25.1 | 31.1 | 9.7 | 13.0 | 0.0 | 4.6 | 2.0 | 5.2 | 11.8 | 0.8 | 65.4 |
| Working with case manager, % | |||||||||||
| In practice | 75.4 | 42.9 | 12.9 | 20.6 | 83.0 | 83.0 | 31.8 | 75.8 | 8.4 | 87.4 | 43.9 |
| External | 6.2 | 21.5 | 83.3 | 6.8 | 14.9 | 7.4 | 33.9 | 9.8 | 52.2 | 8.3 | 22.8 |
| No | 18.4 | 35.6 | 3.8 | 72.2 | 2.1 | 9.6 | 34.3 | 14.4 | 39.3 | 4.3 | 33.3 |
| Use of EHR, % | 92.4 | 72.9 | 75.6 | 85.5 | 99.3 | 99.8 | 99.5 | 99.3 | 54.3 | 98.4 | 84.5 |
AU = Australia; CA = Canada; CH = Switzerland; DE = Germany; EHR = electronic health record; FR = France; NL = Netherlands; NO = Norway; NZ = New Zealand; SE = Sweden; UK = United Kingdom; US = United States.