n (%) | ||
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GP characteristics (n=41) | ||
Sex | ||
Man | 17 (41.5) | |
Woman | 24 (58.5) | |
Years in general practice since qualification | ||
<5 | 9 (22.0) | |
5–9 | 13 (31.7) | |
10–14 | 4 (9.8) | |
15–19 | 1 (2.4) | |
20–24 | 7 (17.1) | |
25–29 | 2 (4.9) | |
≥30 | 5 (12.2) | |
Undertake out-of-hours work | ||
No | 26 (63.4) | |
Yes—rarely | 3 (7.3) | |
Yes—sometimes | 2 (4.9) | |
Yes—often | 10 (24.4) | |
Special interest in paediatrics* | ||
No | 27 (65.9) | |
Yes | 14 (34.1) | |
Own children | ||
No | 11 (26.8) | |
Yes | 30 (73.2) | |
Practice characteristics (n=41) | ||
Practice area | ||
Rural | 2 (4.9) | |
Small town/rural | 7 (17.1) | |
Town | 17 (41.5) | |
Inner-city | 15 (36.6) | |
Training practice | ||
No | 7 (17.1) | |
Yes | 31 (75.6) | |
Not known/not applicable† | 3 (7.3) | |
Practice nurses see children with influenza-like illness | ||
No | 20 (48.8) | |
Yes | 16 (39.0) | |
Not known/not applicable† | 5 (12.2) | |
Practice list size (n=38)†‡ | Median (IQR) | 7788 (5986) |
Range | 2455–38 532 | |
England average | 6845 | |
Per cent of children under 18 registered (n=38)†‡ | Median (IQR) | 21.1% (3.9%) |
Range | 12.7–36.7% | |
England average | 20.8% | |
Index of Multiple Deprivation (n=38)†‡§ | Median (IQR) | 27.5 (20.2) |
Range | 4.3–49.4 | |
England average | 21.5 |
*Details of special interests described included hospital paediatrics experience, the Diploma in Child Health and responsibility for child health surveillance/baby clinics within the practice.
†Data not available for some characteristics as three locum GPs included in the study, or where details not completed.
‡Practice list size, deprivation score and percentage number of children under 18 registered at the practice were recorded using the Public Health England National General Practice Profiles28 on the date of recruitment. Average values for England were recorded at the start of the interviews in March 2013.
§Index of Multiple Deprivation provides information on relative levels of deprivation in England and ranges nationally from 2.9 (lowest deprivation) to 68.4 (highest deprivation). Lower Layer Super Output Area level deprivation data are applied proportionally to the Attribution Data Set practice populations.28
IQR, inter-quartile range.