Table 2.

Description of the interviewed GPs from the cross-sectional observational study (n=211)

	Total	Urban areas	Environs	Rural areas	P value (U/R)	P value (E/R)
Age (in years)	54.5±8.6	53.5±7.8	54.7±8.6	55.4±9.2	0.190	0.630
	(n=207)	(n=66)	(n=72)	(n=69)
Sex					0.117	0.479
Female	34.6%	45.5%	27.0%	32.4%
Male	65.4%	54.6%	73.0%	67.6%
	(n=211)	(n=66)	(n=74)	(n=71)
No of patients per month	344±115	314±101	345±96	372±140	0.007	0.172
	(n=207)	(n=65)	(n=74)	(n=68)
Type of medical practice					0.004	0.074
Individual practice	51.7%	43.9%	51.4%	59.2%
Group practice	6.2%	12.1%	6.8%	–
Joint practice	40.8%	39.4%	41.9%	40.9%
Medical care centre	1.4%	4.6%	–	–
	(n=211)	(n=66)	(n=74)	(n=71)

Statistically significant results (p≤0.05) are shown in bold.

E/R, comparison “environs” vs “rural areas”.; GP, general practitioner; U/R, comparison “urban areas” vs “rural areas“.