Patient characteristics associated with differences in patients' evaluation of their general practitioner

Table 1 Distribution of characteristics among participating patients.

		N	%
Gender
N = 27313	Female	18985	69.5
	Male	8328	30.5
Age (years)
N = 27379	18–24	1284	4.7
	25–29	2296	8.4
	30–34	3060	11.2
	35–39	2872	10.5
	40–44	2392	8.7
	45–49	1988	7.3
	50–54	2169	7.9
	55–59	2376	8.7
	60–64	2109	7.7
	65–69	1945	7.1
	70–74	1813	6.6
	75–79	1551	5.7
	80+	1524	5.6
Further education (years)
N = 25870	None	4766	18.4
	Less than 2	2019	7.8
	2–4	14094	54.5
	5 or more	3591	13.9
	Undergoing education or other	1400	5.4
Frequency of attendance (last 12 months)
N = 25860	0–1	2434	9.4
	2–3	7848	30.4
	4–5	6535	25.3
	6–7	3534	13.7
	8–9	1840	7.1
	10+	3669	14.2
Duration of listing with the GP (years)
N = 18134	Less than 1	1431	7.9
	1–2	2065	11.4
	3–7	5600	30.9
	8–12	3962	21.9
	13+	5076	28.0
Self-rated health
N = 27087	Excellent	2350	8.7
	Very good	8121	30.0
	Good	10488	38.7
	Fair	5141	19.0
	Poor	987	3.6
Chronic condition
N = 26801	No	13703	51.1
	Yes-KRTC¹	4509	16.8
	Yes-other or multiple	8589	32.1
Chronic condition
N = 18212²	None	13703	72.1
	K – Cardiovascular	2029	10.7
	R – Respiratory	1095	5.8
	T – Endocrine	1085	5.7
	C – Cancer	300	1.6

¹ Reported conditions categorised according to ICPC-2 main categories: K, R and T and the ad hoc-category C (cancer).
² Patients reporting no chronic condition or reporting KRTC-conditions.

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