Patient-level, physician-level and organisational characteristics of GMPs
All GMPs | GMPs with male GPs | GMPs with female GPs | P value | |
Number of GMPs | n=4575 | n=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 | ||||
Male | 3 360 154 (46.6%) | 1 794 560 (47.7%) | 1 565 594 (45.5%) | <0.001 |
Female | 3 847 032 (53.4%) | 1 968 309 (52.3%) | 1 878 723 (54.6%) | |
Total | 7 207 186 | 3 762 869 | 3 444 317 | |
Age (years) groups of patients | ||||
18–19 | 121 802 (1.69%) | 67 609 (1.8%) | 54 193 (1.57%) | <0.001 |
20–24 | 483 058 (6.7%) | 256 773 (6.82%) | 226 285 (6.57%) | |
25–29 | 539 957 (7.49%) | 280 817 (7.46%) | 259 140 (7.52%) | |
30–34 | 553 972 (7.69%) | 283 279 (7.53%) | 270 693 (7.86%) | |
35–39 | 690 907 (9.59%) | 352 765 (9.37%) | 338 142 (9.82%) | |
40–44 | 752 110 (10.44%) | 389 203 (10.34%) | 362 907 (10.54%) | |
45–49 | 647 431 (8.98%) | 339 710 (9.03%) | 307 721 (8.93%) | |
50–54 | 534 270 (7.41%) | 284 021 (7.55%) | 250 249 (7.27%) | |
55–59 | 561 965 (7.8%) | 298 506 (7.93%) | 263 459 (7.65%) | |
60–64 | 665 236 (9.23%) | 347 758 (9.24%) | 317 478 (9.22%) | |
65–69 | 542 777 (7.53%) | 283 530 (7.53%) | 259 247 (7.53%) | |
70–74 | 416 851 (5.78%) | 215 507 (5.73%) | 201 344 (5.85%) | |
75–79 | 316 345 (4.39%) | 165 255 (4.39%) | 151 090 (4.39%) | |
80–84 | 213 912 (2.97%) | 111 762 (2.97%) | 102 150 (2.97%) | |
85–89 | 117 420 (1.63%) | 61 119 (1.62%) | 56 301 (1.63%) | |
>90 | 49 322 (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 | ||||
Urban | 3143 (68.7%) | 1465 (62.0%) | 1678 (75.8%) | <0.001 |
Rural | 1432 (31.3%) | 897 (37.9%) | 535 (24.2%) | |
GMP size (number of patients) | ||||
<800 | 126 (2.8%) | 66 (2.9%) | 60 (2.7%) | <0.001 |
801–1200 | 646 (14.1%) | 322 (13.6%) | 324 (14.6%) | |
1201–1600 | 1464 (32.0%) | 690 (29.2%) | 774 (34.9%) | |
1601–2000 | 1415 (30.9%) | 742 (31.4%) | 673 (30.4%) | |
>2000 | 924 (20.2%) | 542 (22.9%) | 382 (17.3%) |
GMP, general medical practice; GP, general practitioner.