Table 1

Characteristics of general practices in 2010 and 2014

General practice characteristics2010
Mean (SD) or n (%)
2014
Mean (SD) or n (%)
General practices (n)200434
Registered patients (n)734 1221 630 386
General practice consultations (n)2 708 1916 473 921
Patients who had a general practice consultation (n)577 4871 307 822
Average number of registered patients per general practice3671 (SD=2501)3757 (SD=2384)
Level of urbanisation (n (%))
 Very urban40 (20.0)89 (20.5)
 High46 (23.0)99 (22.8)
 Moderate 38 (19.0)84 (19.4)
 Little42 (21.0)85 (19.6)
 Not urban32 (16.0)75 (17.3)
 Missing   2 (1.0)2 (0.5)
General practices that registered email consultations (n (%)) 64 (32.0)229 (52.8)