Table 3 Sociodemographic details of 371 practices and 472 GPs with and without tropical experience
| Â | Study I Clinical data | Study II practice management | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tropical experience | With | Without | Chi square significance | With | Without | Chi square significance |
Practice level 371 practices | N = 30 | N = 371 | Â | N = 91 | N = 475 | Â |
- Urbanisation grade | Â | Â | p = 0.43 | Â | Â | p = 0.007 |
   0-30.000 | 50,0% | 38,2% |  | 63% | 49% |  |
   30.000-100.000 | 23,3% | 31,5% |  | 16% | 32% |  |
   > 100.000 | 26,7% | 30,3% |  | 21% | 19% |  |
- Practice organisation | Â | Â | p = 0.04 | Â | Â | p = 0.005 |
   Single | 30,0% | 44,2% |  | 33% | 50% |  |
   Two partner | 63,3% | 40,2% |  | 26% | 27% |  |
   Group + health centre | 6,7% | 15,6% |  | 41% | 23% |  |
- List size (Fte GP/1000 pats) | 0.54 | 0.59 | p = 0.65 | 0.43e | 0.41 | p = 0.003 |
GP level 472 GPs | N = 37 | N = 435 | Â | N = 111 | N = 893 | T-test |
   40% | 40% | 42.2% | p = 0.5 | 40% | 42% | p = 0.7 |
   Sexe (female) | NA | NA |  | 18% | 24% | p = 0.2 |
   Full time | NA | NA |  | 44% | 55% | p = 0.03 |
   Years experience as a GP | NA | NA |  | 12,6 | 15,7 | p = 0.048 |