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Table 3 Factors associated with working out-of-hours compared to not. Multiple regression analysis. N = 1774

From: Out-of-hours workload among Norwegian general practitioners – an observational study

Variables

OR

95% CI

P-value

Gender

 Male (reference)

1.00

   

 Female

0.53

0.423

0.674

< 0.001

Age

 < 35 (reference)

1.00

   

 35–44

1.21

0.839

1.747

0.307

 45–54

0.80

0.477

1.357

0.414

 > 54

0.18

0.096

0.340

< 0.001

Specialist in general practice

 Yes (reference)

1.00

   

 No

1.07

0.777

1.484

0.665

Experience, number of years as RGPa

0.97

0.931

1.001

0.057

Number of days in clinical practice per weekb

1.00

0.919

1.095

0.945

Number of patients at their list

 < 600 (reference)

1.00

   

 601–900

1.60

0.850

3.011

0.145

 901–1200

1.68

0.897

3.156

0.105

 1201–1500

1.54

0.794

3.004

0.200

 1501–1800

0.99

0.438

2.258

0.989

 > 1800

1.65

0.526

5.078

0.395

Number of inhabitants in the municipality

 < 3000 (reference)

1.00

   

 3001–5000

1.46

0.609

3.502

0.396

 5001–10,000

0.97

0.449

2.079

0.930

 10,001–25,000

1.25

0.575

2.696

0.578

 25,001–50,000

0.69

0.308

1.550

0.370

 50,001–100,000

0.72

0.312

1.643

0.431

 > 100,000

0.41

0.177

0.932

0.033

Employment position

 Self-employed (reference)

1.00

   

 Self-employed with bonus agreement

1.25

0.818

1.898

0.305

 Salaried

1.57

0.735

3.340

0.245

 Salaried and bonus agreement

4.06

1.320

12.461

0.014

Driving distance to nearest hospital

 Less than 30 min (reference)

1.00

   

 30 min – 1 h

1.58

1.161

2.151

0.004

 1–2 h

5.01

2.881

8.714

< 0.001

 More than 2 h

3.09

1.317

7.237

0.010

  1. aContinuous variable per year. bContinuous variable per half day, minimum 0.5 and maximum 10