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Table 2 Distribution of the independent variables by country

From: The benefits of co-location in primary care practices: the perspectives of general practitioners and patients in 34 countries

Countries	Type of GP co-location
	GP with other GPs^a	GP with other professionals
	GP with other GPs^a	At least one^b	Nurse	Health professional^c	Social worker
	Practice (%) N = 6880	Practice (%) N = 7163	Practice (%) N = 7051	Practice (%) N = 7163	Practice (%) N = 7047
Austria	8.8	34.8	26.3	15.8	2.9
Belgium	46.9	13.0	8.0	8.0	6.7
Bulgaria	22.5	79.4	74.9	20.2	2.3
Cyprus	85.9	91.6	91.3	88.7	18.8
Czech Republic	11.0	95.9	96.3	5.5	0.0
Denmark	71.6	80.2	81.0	5.7	0.5
Estonia	31.0	100.0	99.2	20.2	1.6
Finland	65.1	99.3	99.7	87.3	45.4
Germany	38.2	27.3	22.7	6.3	0.0
Greece	45.5	72.7	69.1	47.7	19.1
Hungary	11.3	96.0	98.6	9.5	4.2
Iceland	97.5	100.0	97.5	98.8	20.0
Ireland	72.5	96.4	95.8	36.9	8.4
Italy	51.6	22.5	19.4	8.7	2.0
Latvia	9.8	99.5	99.5	9.6	3.7
Lithuania	53.4	100.0	99.6	93.8	48.0
Luxembourg	49.4	15.4	6.7	10.3	5.3
Malta	54.4	75.7	58.6	72.9	6.9
Netherlands	69.8	97.0	96.6	42.6	18.7
Norway	99.0	54.0	40.4	26.8	1.5
Poland	65.9	99.5	98.2	75.5	5.5
Portugal	. ^d	100.0	100.0	19.4	42.6
Romania	53.6	94.1	93.6	20.0	3.2
Slovakia	3.2	91.4	91.3	5.0	1.4
Slovenia	17.5	98.5	98.1	63.6	4.4
Spain	94.6	100.0	99.3	83.1	77.5
Sweden	99.0	100.0	100.0	55.7	69.1
Switzerland	48.2	21.1	6.1	15.1	1.0
Turkey	88.0	99.0	94.7	76.6	0.3
UK (England)	92.9	100.0	100.0	78.1	3.0
Australia	88.2	88.8	84.6	44.1	4.7
Canada	79.7	69.7	60.2	37.9	21.8
New Zealand	87.4	98.2	98.2	47.0	6.0
FYR Macedonia	47.5	97.2	94.9	22.4	1.5
Average	56.5	78.3	75.5	38.9	15.5
Weak PC countries	36.2	78.6	75.2	32.4	6.0
Medium PC countries	53.0	71.0	65.5	39.1	11.9
Strong PC countries	72.3	84.9	82.3	42.9	23.2

^aPercentage of the sampled GPs co-located with at least another GP, irrespective of whether other professionals are present or not
^bPercentage of the sampled GPs co-located with at least another professional (nurse, health professional - specialist, midwife, physiotherapist, dentist, pharmacist -, social worker), irrespective of whether other GPs are present or not
^cHealth professionals include specialists, midwives, physiotherapists, dentists, pharmacists
^dAll values of this question are recoded into missing due to a translation error in the GP questionnaire for Portugal

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