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 |