Table 4 Objective workload of self-employed GPs, mean (95 % CI)
|  | 1998-2002 | 2003-2007 | Δ | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | Total | ||
| Â | (n = 256) | (n = 26) | (n = 282) | (n = 175) | (n = 16) | (n = 191) | |
Objective workload | |||||||
Number of working hours | 52.02 | 45.62 | 51.4 | 51.32 | 39.82 | 50.6 | 0 |
| Â | (50.4-53.6) | (39.1-52.2) | (49.8-53.0) | (49.1-53.5) | (27.4-52.2) | (48.3-52.8) | Â |
Number of out-of-hours shifts (evening) per year | 51.3 | 36.6 | 50.21 | 33.01 | 29.5 | 32.91 | - |
|  | (47.2-55.4) | (27.2-45.9) | (46.3-54.1) | (26.0-40.0) | (−9.3-68.3) | (26.1-39.6) |  |
Number of out-of-hours shifts (weekend) per year | 11.71 | 9.8 | 11.81 | 9.81 | 13.2 | 10.01 | - |
|  | (11.2-12.7) | (7.8-11.7) | (11.0-12.5) | (8.6-11.0) | (−3.9-30.2) | (8.7-11.2) |  |