Physicians’ gender | |
Male Female | 128 (71.1%) 52 (28.9%) |
Physicians’ age class (years) | |
<40 40–49 50–59 60 and over | 12 (6.7%) 44 (24.4%) 66 (36.7%) 58 (32.2%) |
Specialty | |
GP PED | 148 (82.2%) 32 (17.8%) |
Number of physicians in practice (n=144) | |
1 2 3 4–5 6–9 10 and over | 69 (47.8%) 39 (27.1%) 17 (11.8%) 8 (5.6%) 7 (4.9%) 4 (2.8%) |
Number of physicians per practice reporting to Sentinella (n=144) | |
1 2 3 8 | 119 (82.6%) 19 (13.2%) 5 (3.5%) 1 (0.7%) |
Linguistic region | |
German French Italian | 122 (67.8%) 44 (24.4%) 14 (7.8%) |
Urbanity of the practice | |
Urban Agglomeration Rural | 93 (51.7%) 60 (33.3%) 27 (15.0%) |
Workload per week (hours) | |
<15 15–30 >30 | 9 (5.0%) 36 (20.0%) 135 (75.0%) |
Drug distribution system | |
Dispensing by physician Mixed system Dispensing by pharmacy | 73 (42.2%) 19 (10.6%) 85 (47.2%) |
Electronic documentation | |
Yes No | 89 (49.4%) 91 (50.6%) |
Electronic interaction control | |
Yes No | 65 (36.1%) 115 (63.9%) |
Electronic prescription | |
Yes, with thesaurus Yes, but without thesaurus None | 62 (34.4%) 24 (13.3%) 94 (52.2%) |
Certification of the practice | |
Yes None | 46 (25.6%) 134 (74.4%) |
Staff meetings | |
Yes, at least monthly Yes, but less frequently None | 69 (38.3%) 70 (38.9%) 41 (22.8%) |
Quality circle participation | |
Yes, at least monthly Yes, but less frequently None | 134 (74.4%) 23 (12.8%) 23 (12.8%) |