Elective surgical referral guidelines - background educational material or essential shared decision making tool? A survey of GPs' in England

Table 2 Respondent characteristics

		Respondents (n = 129) (%)	Sample (n = 310) (%)	England GPs (n = 34085)% ⁱ
Age group
	25 - 34 years	10.9	-	12.0
	35 - 44 years	28.9	-	34.1
	45 - 54 years	38.3	-	33.5
	55 - 64 years	18.8	-	18.0
	65 years or over	3.1	-	2.4
Sex
	Male	61.2	62.4ⁱⁱ	59.6
	Female	38.8	37.6	40.4
Practice size
	1	4.0	11.9	-
	2 - 3	34.1	36.6	-
	4 - 5	32.5	25.0	-
	6 - 7	7.1	8.4	-
	More than 7	22.2	18.1	-
BMA Membership		78	-	73ⁱⁱⁱ
Royal College of General Practitioners Membership		43	-	43^iv

i. DH General and Personal Medical Services Statistics, England and Wales, 30 September 2004 http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Statistics/StatisticalWorkAreas/Statisticalworkforce/index.htm accessed 30.03.2006
ii. Data on sex not available for 3 participating PCTs.
iii British Medical Association (personal communication)
iv *RCGP (Royal College of General Practitioners) (personal communication)

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