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Table 2 Desired form of practice and working conditions

From: From practice employee to (co-)owner: young GPs predict their future careers: a cross-sectional survey

Practice and job characteristics

Overall n = 254

Female n = 180 (71%)

Male n = 74 (29%)

p-value

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

  1. a100% equals 50 h / week
  2. bDesired if not yet in a practice, resp. how it was if already in a practice