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Table 1 Descriptive statistics

From: The influential role of personal advice networks on general practitioners’ performance: a social capital perspective

Variable

Obs

Mean/Prop

Std. Dev.

Min

Max

Economic performance

79

−10.91

37.31

−87.65

115.44

Prescriptive appropriateness

80

1.73

1.24

0

5

Age

77

55.66

6.04

33

67

Gender (M = 1)

80

0.64

-

0

1

N. patients (log-transformed)

80

6.95

1.06

0.69

7.44

Proportion elderly patients (75+)

80

0.14

0.04

0.00

0.24

Expected expenditure adjustment index

79

0.91

0.17

0.70

1.75

Population density (PCG level)

80

353.81

199.02

32.08

521.33

PCG teamsize

80

13.95

4.32

5

20

N. Ties

80

3.20

1.35

1

6

IQV (profession)

80

0.85

0.34

0.00

1.00

E-I index (profession)

80

0.26

0.52

−1.00

1.00

Solo practice

80

0.45

-

0

1

Partially shared practice

80

0.18

-

0

1

Fully shared practice

80

0.38

-

0

1

  1. PCG Primary care group, IQV Index of Qualitative Variation (based on the variable “profession”), E-I External – Internal