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Table 2 Summary Statistics of General Practitioners Who Adopted NOACs During Our Study Period

From: Factors affecting general practitioners’ decisions to adopt new prescription drugs – cohort analyses using Australian longitudinal physician survey data

Variable

Mean

sd

Main outcomes

 Days to first NOAC prescription

153

171

Individual characteristics

 Male

0.53

0.50

 Years since graduation: less than 9 years

0.07

0.26

 Years since graduation: 10–19 years

0.17

0.38

 Years since graduation: 20–29 years

0.26

0.44

 Years since graduation: 30–39 years

0.36

0.48

 Years since graduation: more than 40 years

0.14

0.35

 Overseas trained doctor

0.19

0.40

 Top 8 Australian medical school

0.71

0.45

 FRACGP or/and FACRRM fellowship

0.66

0.47

 One or more children at home

0.60

0.49

 Spouse

0.90

0.30

Risk and personality

 Clinical risk [1] very unlikely

0.44

0.50

 Clinical risk [2]

0.36

0.48

 Clinical risk [3]–[5] very likely

0.20

0.40

 Openness

−0.15

0.95

 Agreeableness

0.06

0.93

 Conscientiousness

−0.05

1.02

 Extraversion

−0.07

1.05

 Neuroticism

−0.05

0.98

Prescribing volume

 Q1: Yearly average OAC prescriptions/Level B consultations

0.21

0.41

 Q2: Yearly average OAC prescriptions/Level B consultations

0.25

0.43

 Q3: Yearly average OAC prescriptions/Level B consultations

0.25

0.43

 Q4: Yearly average OAC prescriptions/Level B consultations

0.29

0.45

GP practice style and practice characteristics

 Length of consultation (minutes)

16.30

4.64

 Any involvement in teaching activities

0.63

0.48

 Any involvement in public hospitals

0.20

0.40

 Std. consult with others in practice

−0.05

1.01

 Practice is accredited

0.96

0.20

 Business relationship with practice: Principal

0.30

0.46

 Business relationship with practice: Associate

0.11

0.31

 Business relationship with practice: Salaried or contracted

0.56

0.50

 Business relationship with practice: Locum or other

0.03

0.17

 Std. practice support index

−0.02

1.02

 Std. patient complexity index

0.01

1.01

 Std. social isolation index

0.01

1.03

 Distance to closest cardiologist in the state (Km)

44.22

144.90

 Average distance to nearest 3 GP practices (Km)

3.98

11.09

Practice location characteristics

 SEIFA advantage and disadvantage (deciles at postcode level)

5.24

2.99

 Pct. of population over 65 years old (deciles at postcode level)

6.12

2.85

 No. of GPs per 1000 population (SLA level)

1.36

0.77

 ASGC Remoteness Area: 1 Major city

0.63

0.48

 ASGC Remoteness Area: 2 Inner regional

0.24

0.43

 ASGC Remoteness Area: 3 to 5 Outer regional to very remote

0.13

0.34

 State: New South Wales & Australian Capital Territory

0.29

0.45

 State: Victoria & Tasmania

0.33

0.47

 State: Queensland

0.17

0.37

 State: South Australia

0.11

0.31

 State: Western Australia & Northern Territory

0.10

0.30

  1. Note: number of observation is 533
  2. Abbreviations
  3. NOAC = Novel oral anticoagulants
  4. OAC = oral anticoagulants
  5. FRACGP = Fellowship of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners
  6. FACRRM = the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine
  7. SEIFA = Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas
  8. SLA = the Australian Statistical Local Area
  9. ASGC = the Australian Standard Geographical Classification