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Table 2 Background characteristics of the patients and the GPs per patient group

From: To what degree do patients actively choose their healthcare provider at the point of referral by their GP? A video observation study

 

Total

(N = 117)

No/little input

(N = 51)

Some input

(N = 29)

A lot of input

(N = 37)

GP (N = 28)

Age in years (M (SD))

47.7 (10.1)

47.8 (10.9)

48.6 (12.6)

46.0 (9.3)

Gender (n(%))

 Male

12 (42.9)

9 (40.9)

8 (57.1)

6 (30.0)

 Female

16 (57.1)

13 (59.1)

6 (42.9)

14 (70.0)

Patient

 Age in years (M (SD))1

52.1 (16.9)

51.8 (17.3)1

51.1 (14.9)

53.2 (18.1)

Gender (n(%))

 Male

49 (41.9)

19 (37.3)

12 (41.4)

18 (48.7)

 Female

68 (58.1)

32 (62.8)

17 (58.6)

19 (51.4)

Educational level (n(%))

 None

4 (3.4)

0 (0.0)

3 (10.3)

1 (2.7)

 Low2

7 (6.0)

4 (7.8)

2 (6.9)

1 (2.7)

 Medium3

65 (55.6)

29 (56.9)

13 (44.8)

23 (62.2)

 High4

39 (33.3)

17 (33.3)

11 (37.9)

11 (29.7)

 Missing

2 (1.7)

1 (2.0)

0 (0.0)

1 (2.7)

Reason for referral (n(%))

 Diagnosis

67 (100.0)

32 (47.8)

22 (32.8)

13 (19.4)

 Treatment

65 (100.0)

28 (43.1)

11 (16.9)

26 (40.0)

 Second opinion

1 (100.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

1 (100.0)

  1. 1The age was missing for 1 patient; 2Low = primary school; 3Medium = secondary school or intermediate vocational training; 4High = high vocational education