Practice and job characteristics | Overall n = 254 | Female n = 180 (71%) | Male n = 74 (29%) | p-value |
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Practice type, no. (% per column) | 0.96 | |||
Single practice | 6 (2) | 4 (2) | 2 (3) | |
Double practice | 29 (11) | 21 (12) | 8 (11) | |
Group practice | 219 (86) | 155 (86) | 64 (86) | |
If group practice: number of colleagues, no. (% per column) | 0.17 | |||
2–3 | 98 (45) | 74 (48) | 24 (38) | |
4–5 | 106 (48) | 74 (48) | 32 (50) | |
6–10 | 12 (5) | 6 (4) | 6 (9) | |
10–15 | 2 (1) | 1 (1) | 1 (2) | |
> 15 | 1 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (2) | |
Practice location, no. (% per column) | 0.17 | |||
Town | 43 (17) | 29 (16) | 14 (19) | |
Suburb | 102 (40) | 67 (37) | 35 (47) | |
Countryside | 109 (43) | 84 (47) | 25 (34) | |
When do you want to start working as a GP? no. (% per column) | 0.60 | |||
Already working in a practice | 72 (28) | 48 (27) | 24 (32) | |
In < 1 year | 16 (6) | 10 (6) | 6 (8) | |
In 1–2 years | 37 (15) | 27 (15) | 10 (14) | |
In 3–5 years | 65 (26) | 45 (25) | 20 (27) | |
In 6–10 years | 51 (20) | 39 (22) | 12 (16) | |
In > 10 years | 7 (3) | 5 (3) | 2 (3) | |
I don’t know | 6 (2) | 6 (3) | 0 (0) | |
House calls, no. (% per column) | 0.28 | |||
Yes | 95 (37) | 65 (36) | 30 (41) | |
Probably yes | 98 (39) | 72 (40) | 26 (35) | |
Probably not | 37 (15) | 28 (16) | 9 (12) | |
No | 6 (2) | 2 (1) | 4 (5) | |
I don’t know | 18 (7) | 13 (7) | 5 (7) | |
Desired workload in %, mean (SD)a | 70 (15.8) | 66 (15.1) | 78 (14.2) | <0.001 |
Remuneration, no. (% per column) | <0.001 | |||
Fixed salary based on workload | 45 (18) | 41 (23) | 4 (5) | |
Billing for my own time | 81 (32) | 44 (24) | 37 (50) | |
Part fixed, part share of the revenue | 122 (48) | 93 (52) | 29 (39) | |
Only share of the revenue | 6 (2) | 2 (1) | 4 (5) | |
Employment of first job as GP, no. (% per column)b | 0.001 | |||
Employed | 227 (89) | 168 (93) | 59 (80) | |
Self-employed | 27 (11) | 12 (7) | 15 (20) | |
If employed: time frame of being employed, no. (% per column) | 0.005 | |||
< 2 years | 106 (47) | 68 (40) | 38 (64) | |
2–5 years | 98 (43) | 84 (50) | 14 (24) | |
6–10 years | 8 (4) | 4 (2) | 4 (7) | |
10–15 years | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | |
My whole career | 15 (7) | 12 (7) | 3 (5) | |
Long-term desires, no. (%) | ||||
Be employed | 25 (9) | 22 (12) | 3 (4) | 0.049 |
Be employed co-owner | 84 (32) | 69 (37) | 15 (20) | 0.006 |
Own the practice | 192 (72) | 130 (70) | 62 (82) | 0.052 |
Medical director of a large group practice | 29 (11) | 12 (6) | 17 (22) | <0.001 |
Chief administrater of a group practice | 19 (7) | 3 (2) | 16 (21) | <0.001 |