Table 1.
GP characteristics at the LHU level.
| Northern Italy | Southern Italy | Total LHUs | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bergamo LHU | Lecco LHU | Naples-1 LHU | Naples-2 LHU | (2, 956, 990 patients aged ≥ 40 years) | |
| (930, 124 patients aged ≥ 40 years) | (300, 215 patients aged ≥ 40 years) | (832, 780 patients aged ≥ 40 years) | (893, 871 patients aged ≥ 40 years) | ||
| GPs (N) | 660 | 205 | 718 | 777 | 2,360 |
| Patients per GP, median (IQR) | 1,519 (257) | 1,553 (233) | 1,267 (528) | 1,305 (669) | 1,401.50 (470) |
| Patients aged ≥ 65 years per GP (%) | 23.0 | 25.2 | 22.8 | 15.0 | 21.0 |
| Age of GP, median (IQR) | 59 (9) | 60 (8) | 62 (6) | 60 (6) | 61 (7) |
| Sex of GP | |||||
| M (%) | 67.1 | 71.2 | 78.7 | 81.9 | 75.8 |
| F (%) | 32.9 | 28.8 | 21.3 | 18.1 | 24.2 |