Table 2 Distribution of characteristics of RGPs working OOH and not OOH. N = 1876

Gender

0.005

 Female

910

51.0

44.2

 Male

959

49.0

55.8

Specialist in general practice

< 0.001

 Yes

1267

74.6

55.3

 No

596

25.4

44.7

Experience (number of years as RGP)

< 0.001

 0–2

225

9.2

18.1

 3–5

273

10.2

23.8

 6–10

354

17.4

22.7

 11–15

233

12.0

13.8

 16–25

330

20.2

13.3

 > 25

430

31.0

8.3

Age

< 0.001

 < 35

263

10.6

23.0

 35–44

690

30.4

50.0

 45–54

390

21.4

20.0

 > 54

518

37.6

9.0

Number of patients on their list

< 0.001

 < 600

72

3.5

4.6

 601–900

316

14.3

22.3

 901–1200

721

35.8

44.5

 1201–1500

567

33.9

24.0

 1501–1800

139

9.6

3.5

 > 1800

43

2.9

1.1

Number of inhabitants in the municipality

< 0.001

 < 3000

50

1.6

4.7

 3001–5000

70

2.0

7.1

 5001–10,000

198

8.3

15.3

 10,001–25,000

407

17.9

29.7

 25,001–50,000

376

21.8

17.4

 50,001–100,000

281

16.7

12.2

 > 100,000

471

31.6

13.4

Driving distance to nearest hospital

< 0.001

 < 30 min

1372

81.5

58.3

 30 min – 1 h

338

14.5

25.1

 1–2 h

115

3.1

12.2

 > 2 h

39

0.9

4.4

Employment position

< 0.001

 Self-employed

1584

90.6

76.1

 Self-employed with bonus agreement

192

7.1

16.6

 Salaried

45

1.6

4.0

 Salaried with bonus agreement

28

0.6

3.3