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Table 1 Principal characteristics of groups of patients based on co-location

From: Is the co-location of GPs in primary care centres associated with a higher patient satisfaction? Evidence from a population survey in Italy

Patient characteristics

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Group 4

Total

Gender (%)

 Male

46.3

48.5

42.9

48.6

47.7

 Female

53.7

51.5

57.1

51.4

52.3

Age group (%)

 18–45 y

33.5

37.6

38.8

37.5

37.3

 46–65 y

33.0

32.2

35.3

34.3

33.7

 65+ y

33.5

30.2

25.9

28.2

29.0

Education (%) (p < 0.05) among groups

 Low (primary)

19.6

22.8

14.0

19.8

20.0

 Medium (secondary)

31.5

28.6

24.6

28.2

28.2

 High (high school, degree)

48.9

48.6

61.4

52.0

51.8

Self-reported health status (%) (p < 0.05) among groups

 Bad

17.3

11.2

10.5

11.5

11.9

 Fair

46.5

51.0

44.1

45.5

46.9

 Good

36.2

37.8

45.5

43.1

41.2

Self-reported chronicity (%) (p < 0.05) among groups

     

 No

61.7

64.3

67.1

71.0

67.8

 Yes

38.3

35.7

32.9

29.0

32.2

Frequency of visits to GP in the last year (%)

 Never

1.1

4.5

5.5

5.0

4.5

 Rarely (1–4 times/year)

53.8

59.6

55.1

56.3

56.9

 Sometimes (at least 5 times/year)

45.2

35.9

39.4

38.7

38.6

 Often (at least once/month)

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Main reason for visit to GP (%)

 Administrative (prescription. certificate)

53.0

52.2

50.9

56.4

54.3

 Health reason

47.0

47.8

49.1

43.6

45.7

Co-location of GP in primary care centres (N. - %)

 Yes

188

569

  

37.4

 No

  

224

1.044

62.6

Experience of multidisciplinary team (N. - %)

 Yes

188

 

 224

 

20.4

 No

 

 569

 

1.044

79.6

Co-location of multidisciplinary team in primary care centres (N. - %)

     

 Patients of GP within PCC with experience of multidisciplinary team

188

   

9.2

 Patients of GP within PCC without experience of multidisciplinary team

 

569

  

28.1

 Patients of GP not in PCC with other experience of multidisciplinary team

  

224

 

11.1

 Patients of GP not in PCC without any experience of multidisciplinary team

   

1.044

51.5

Satisfaction – overall care evaluation (score) (%) (p < 0.05) among groups

87.7

83.7

84.3

83.5

84.0