Cardiovascular risk management in patients with coronary heart disease in primary care: variation across countries and practices. An observational study based on quality indicators

Table 1 Practice sample and demographic data.

	Practices (n)	Mean practice size (sd)	Patients (n)	% female	Mean age (years)
Austria	23	2878^* (1369)	293	36	71.6
Belgium	18	3035 (2363)	232	25	66.7
England	32	6573 (3655)	479	39	68.2
France	9	1417 (754)	133	26	67.8
Germany	13	4423^* (1608)	248	35	70.0
The Netherlands	34	3183 (1215)	495	29	69.3
Slovenia	35	2059 (804)	805	36	68.3
Switzerland	17	3449^* (2537)	275	24	68.2
total	181	3538 (2582)	2960	33	68.7

^* Practices size provided by practices as number of yearly attending patients; in all other countries as number of patients listed.

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