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Table 2 Descriptive of patients seen by male GP vs female GP and concordant vs discordant couples

From: The influence of gender concordance between general practitioner and patient on antibiotic prescribing for sore throat symptoms: a retrospective study

 

Male GP

Female GP

Concordant

Discordant

Sample size

5956

5329

5956

5329

Average age patient (years)

46.7

46.3

46.6

46.4

Comorbidity patient

53.6%

52.5%

53.3%

52.7%

Concordance

42.3%

64.1%

Symptoms / no diagnosis

20.3%

21.4%

21.5%

20.1%

Protocolled diagnoses

7.9%

9.1%

8.4%

8.6%

Antibiotics prescribed

 All diagnoses

29.5%

25.7%

26.8%

28.6%

 -Male GP

29.6%

29.4%

 -Female GP

24.8%

27.3%

 In non-protocolled diagnoses

25.6%

21.5%

22.8%

24.6%

 -Male GP

25.8%

25.5%

 -Female GP

20.7%

23.0%

 In protocolled diagnoses

74.1%

67.3%

69.7%

71.7%

 -Male GP

76.9%

72.3%

 -Female GP

65.5%

70.7%