Table 2

Patient-level, physician-level and organisational characteristics of GMPs

All GMPsGMPs with male GPsGMPs with female GPsP value
Number of GMPsn=4575n=2362 (51.6%)n=2213 (48.4%)
Age of GP, mean (SD)56.6 (11.2)57.8 (11.3)55.3 (10.9)<0.001
Number GMPs’ patients
 Male3 360 154 (46.6%)1 794 560 (47.7%)1 565 594 (45.5%)<0.001
 Female3 847 032 (53.4%)1 968 309 (52.3%)1 878 723 (54.6%)
 Total7 207 1863 762 8693 444 317
Age (years) groups of patients
 18–19121 802 (1.69%)67 609 (1.8%)54 193 (1.57%)<0.001
 20–24483 058 (6.7%)256 773 (6.82%)226 285 (6.57%)
 25–29539 957 (7.49%)280 817 (7.46%)259 140 (7.52%)
 30–34553 972 (7.69%)283 279 (7.53%)270 693 (7.86%)
 35–39690 907 (9.59%)352 765 (9.37%)338 142 (9.82%)
 40–44752 110 (10.44%)389 203 (10.34%)362 907 (10.54%)
 45–49647 431 (8.98%)339 710 (9.03%)307 721 (8.93%)
 50–54534 270 (7.41%)284 021 (7.55%)250 249 (7.27%)
 55–59561 965 (7.8%)298 506 (7.93%)263 459 (7.65%)
 60–64665 236 (9.23%)347 758 (9.24%)317 478 (9.22%)
 65–69542 777 (7.53%)283 530 (7.53%)259 247 (7.53%)
 70–74416 851 (5.78%)215 507 (5.73%)201 344 (5.85%)
 75–79316 345 (4.39%)165 255 (4.39%)151 090 (4.39%)
 80–84213 912 (2.97%)111 762 (2.97%)102 150 (2.97%)
 85–89117 420 (1.63%)61 119 (1.62%)56 301 (1.63%)
 >9049 322 (0.68%)25 378 (0.67%)23 944 (0.7%)
Relative education, mean (SD)1.000 (0.1)0.989 (0.2)1.026 (0.1)<0.001
Types of settlement
 Urban3143 (68.7%)1465 (62.0%)1678 (75.8%)<0.001
 Rural1432 (31.3%)897 (37.9%)535 (24.2%)
GMP size (number of patients)
 <800126 (2.8%)66 (2.9%)60 (2.7%)<0.001
 801–1200646 (14.1%)322 (13.6%)324 (14.6%)
 1201–16001464 (32.0%)690 (29.2%)774 (34.9%)
 1601–20001415 (30.9%)742 (31.4%)673 (30.4%)
 >2000924 (20.2%)542 (22.9%)382 (17.3%)
  • GMP, general medical practice; GP, general practitioner.