Table 1 Family practitioner characteristics by region
Characteristics | Regions | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Saxony | All | Rural < 5000 | Semi-rural 5000 – 10,000 | Semi-urban 10,000 – 50,000 | Urban > 50,000 | |
N | 2704 | 253 | 68 | 44 | 78 | 63 |
Genderc | ||||||
 Female | 61.4%d | 62.1% | 61.8%a | 54.5%a | 59%a | 71.4%a |
 Male | 38.6% | 36.4% | 36.8%a | 38.6%a | 41%a | 28.6%a |
Age | ||||||
 Mean (± SD) | 53 | 51.6 (± 8.6) | 53.2* (± 8.3) | 50.8 (± 8) | 52.2 (± 8.7) | 49.8 (± 9.1) |
 39 years and younger | 7.9% | 10.3% | 5.9% | 6.8% | 12.8% | 14.3% |
 40–49 | 27.2% | 27.3% | 25% | 40.9% | 14.1% | 36.5% |
 50–59 | 37.8% | 41.9% | 47.1% | 34.1% | 51.3% | 30.2% |
 60 years and older | 27.2% | 18.2% | 22.1% | 15.9% | 16.7% | 17.5% |
Practice typec | ||||||
 Single-FP practice | 67.7% | 64.4% | 76.5%a | 63.6%a, b | 65.4%a, b | 50.8%b |
 Multi-FP practicef | 32.3% | 35.2% | 22%a | 36.3%a, b | 34.6%a, b | 49,2%b |
Primary care statusf | ||||||
 Well-served regions | 64.9% | 69.6% | 63.2%a, b | 54.5%b | 74.4%a, b | 81%a |
 Imminent underserved | 35.1% | 30.4% | 36.8%a, b | 45.5%b | 25.6%a, b | 19%a |
Share of delegatione | unknown | 12.1% | 7%* | 11.9% | 15.3% | 14.7% |