Table 1.
Participating Physician Demographics
| Interview Stage | Cohort Stage | Overall Populationa | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | Nonusers (n = 11) |
US users (n = 13) |
US Users (n = 20) |
GPs in Denmark (n = 3,402) |
| Age, y | ||||
| <40 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ... |
| 40-50 | 1 | 6 | 14 | ... |
| 51-60 | 5 | 4 | 3 | ... |
| 61-70 | 3 | 3 | 1 | ... |
| Mean age, y | 52.4 | 52.2 | 46.2 | 52.2 |
| Gender, No. | ||||
| Male | 7 | 11 | 14 | 1,605 |
| Female | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1,797 |
| Experience as a general practitioner,b y | ||||
| <10 | 3 | 4 | ... | ... |
| 10-20 | 3 | 6 | ... | ... |
| >20 | 5 | 3 | ... | ... |
| Experience using POCUS in general practice, y | ||||
| <2 | ... | 7 | 6 | ... |
| 2-5 | ... | 4 | 11 | ... |
| >5 | ... | 2 | 3 | ... |
| Type of POCUS training, No. | ||||
| No training | 4 | 0 | 0 | ... |
| Residency | 6 | 1 | 0 | ... |
| Course | 0 | 5 | 4 | ... |
| Course and residency | 1 | 7 | 16 | ... |
| Practice community character, No. | ||||
| Urban | 5 | 8 | 12 | ... |
| Mixed | 5 | 5 | 6 | ... |
| Rural | 1 | 0 | 2 | ... |
| Practice region, No. | ||||
| North Denmark region | 3 | 2 | 4 | 301 |
| Central Denmark region | 4 | 4 | 3 | 807 |
| Region of Southern Denmark | 1 | 2 | 7 | 782 |
| Region Zealand | 1 | 0 | 2 | 460 |
| Capital region of Denmark | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1,052 |
| Practice size, No. of patients | ||||
| <2,000 | 2 | 4 | 3 | ... |
| 2,000-5,000 | 5 | 4 | 10 | ... |
| >5,000 | 4 | 5 | 7 | ... |
| Type of practice,c No. | ||||
| Partnership | 9 | 9 | 17 | ... |
| Solo | 1 | 2 | 1 | 929 |
| Collaboration | 1 | 2 | 2 | ... |
GP = general practitioner; POCUS = point-of-care ultrasonography; US = ultrasonography.
a
Data available from the Danish Medical Association (PLO faktaark 2018).
b
Becoming a GP in Demark requires a 6-year post-graduate specialization in family medicine. A few GPs may have been working or received training in other specialties before they entered family medicine training but there is no formal sub-specialization of Danish GPs.
c
Partnership practice is defined as a clinic owned and administrated by more than 1 GP. Solo practice is a clinic owned and administrated by just 1 GP. Collaboration practice is a clinic owned by 1 GP or several GPs, but administrated in collaboration with other GP clinics.