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Table 5 Distribution of healthcare professionals on practice characteristics

From: Associations between degrees of task delegation and job satisfaction of general practitioners and their staff: a cross-sectional study

Practice characteristics

Number of healthcare professionals

GPs

Staff

N (%)

N (%)

Practice type

 Singlehanded

198 (15.9%)

91 (14.4%)

 Partnership

1047 (84.1%)

540 (85.6%)

Gender

 Male

597 (48.0%)

n.a.a

 Female

648 (52.0%)

n.a.a

Age

 ≤34

 

26 (4.1%)

 35–44

291 (23.4%)

185 (29.3%)

 45–54

393 (31.6%)

262 (41.5%)

 55–64

477 (38.3%)

154 (24.4%)

 ≥65

84 (6.7%)

4 (0.6%)

Time pressure

 Very often

332 (26.7%)

29 (4.6%)

 Often

512 (41.1%)

149 (23.6%)

 Sometimes

346 (27.8%)

355 (56.3%)

 Not so often

55 (4.4%)

98 (15.5%)

Occupation

 Nurse

n.a.

444 (70.4%)

 Medical laboratory technician

n.a.

30 (4.8%)

 Healthcare worker

n.a.

24 (3.8%)

 Secretary

n.a.

109 (17.3%)

 Other

n.a.

24 (3.8%)

Total

1245 (100)

631 (100%)

  1. aNot included in the questionnaire since nurses, who are the predominant part of the staff, comprise only 3% males on a national level, and the other occupations are female dominated as well