Table 1.

Characteristics of participating general practitioners

Variables	Sample n = 26	Overall (2018) n = 7419	P-value
Sex, n (%)
Female	13 (50)	3340 (45.0)	0.61
Male	13 (50)	4079 (55.0)	0.61
Age, mean (sd)	45.6 ± 13	52.0 (± NA^*)	NC^*
Number of years of practice	14.2 ± 14.0	17.5 (± NA^*)	NC^*
Location, n (%), (n = 7174)
Rural	6 (23.1)	1038 (14.5)	0.21
Urban	20 (76.9)	6136 (85.5)	0.21
N missing	0	245
Type of practice
Individual practice, n (%)	12 (46.1)	4664 (62.9)	0.08
Group practice, n (%)	14 (53.8)	2755 (37.1)	0.08
Other
GP teacher, n (%)	7 (26.9)	1590 (21.4)	0.50

Health insurance data, as of 31 January 2018

^*NA Not available, NC Not computable