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Table 3 Working conditions in urban or rural practices defined according to OECD (N = 684)

From: A comparison of the workload of rural and urban primary care physicians in Germany: analysis of a questionnaire survey

 

West (n = 569; Single n = 276; Group n = 293)

East (n = 115; Single n = 84; Group n = 31)

p-value

Working time per week

Mean (SD)

   

   Single practice

52.2 (13.0)

54.0 (9.6)

0.251

   Group practice

49.6 (13.7)

50.3 (13.8)

0.801

Patients seen per week

Mean (SD)

   

   Single practice

236.0 (129.5)

305.1 (129.7)

< 0.001

   Group practice

239.1 (124.2)

270.5 (127.0)

0.183

Proportion of private health insures Mean (SD)

   

   Single practice

15.2 (16.7)

5.7 (17.7)

< 0.001

   Group practice

12.8 (10.7)

4.4 (2.7)

< 0.001