Table 1 Consultation type and proportion of patients and GPs in favour of nurse substitution
Consultations | GP states “YES” | Patient states “YES” | P-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | |||
Patient characteristics | |||||
Gender | Female | 1,319 (62.4) | 179 (13.6) | 137 (10.4) | 0.010 |
Male | 795 (37.6) | 121 (15.2) | 109 (13.7) | 0.392 | |
No inf. | 1 (0.05) | ||||
Age (years) | 18-40 | 482 (22.8) | 48 (10.0) | 96 (19.9) | <0.001 |
41-50 | 370 (17.5) | 33 (8.9) | 36 (9.7) | 0.704 | |
51-60 | 389 (18.4) | 45 (11.6) | 30 (7.7) | 0.068 | |
61-70 | 467 (22.1) | 95 (20.3) | 51 (10.9) | <0.001 | |
>70 | 406 (19.2) | 78 (19.2) | 32 (7.9) | <0.001 | |
No inf. | 1 (0.1) | ||||
Number of chronic conditions | 0 | 860 (40.7) | 95 (11.1) | 115 (13.3) | 0.141 |
1 | 692 (32.7) | 118 (17.1) | 77 (11.1) | 0.002 | |
> 2 | 563 (26.6) | 87 (15.5) | 54 (9.6) | 0.003 | |
Type of contact | New episode | 1,031 (48.7) | 94 (9.1) | 125 (12.1) | 0.027 |
Follow-up | 967 (45.8) | 189 (19.5) | 107 (11.1) | <0.001 | |
No inf. | 117 (5.5) | ||||
Patient-assessed importance of seeing the personal GP* | Very important | 1,230 (60.0) | 159 (12.9) | 77 (6.2) | <0.001 |
Not very important | 642 (35.0) | 111 (16.6) | 131 (20.5) | 0.154 | |
No inf. | 107 (5.0) | ||||
GP characteristics | |||||
Gender | Female | 1,207 (57.1) | 104 (11.5) | 105 (11.6) | 0.941 |
Male | 906 (42.8) | 195 (16.2) | 140 (11.6) | 0.001 | |
No inf. | 2 (0.1) | ||||
Seniority (years in practice) | <6 | 440 (20.8) | 69 (15.6) | 68 (15.5) | 0.926 |
6-10 | 281 (13.3) | 34 (12.1) | 23 (8.2) | 0.124 | |
11-20 | 701 (33.1) | 99 (14.1) | 86 (12.3) | 0.305 | |
>20 | 693 (32.8) | 98 (14.1) | 69 (10.0) | 0.170 | |
Type of practice | Single-handed | 555 (26,2) | 86 (15.5) | 75 (13.5) | 0.348 |
Group | 1,476 (69.8) | 200 (13.5) | 164 (11.1) | 0.044 | |
No inf. | 84 (4.0) | ||||
All consultations | 2,115 (100) | 300 (14.8) | 246 (11.7) | 0.013 | |