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Table 2 Differences in medical activities of GPs by experimental exposition to patient’s ethnicity, Belgium, 2012

From: General practice and ethnicity: an experimental study of doctoring

Medical activities: Relation & Decisions

Ethnic minority patient

Non ethnic minority patient

  

N

Mean/%

SD (σ)

N

Mean/%

SD (σ)

t/χ²

p-value

Relation

        

 1. Medical history examination (time in minutes)

85

4,05

3,53

84

4,43

2,35

-1,06

0,29

 2. Socio-relational history examination (time in minutes)

87

2,11

1,43

84

3,36

2,48

4,05

0,001

Decisions

        

 3. Cardiovascular risk assessment (score from 0 “no risk” to 10 “max risk”)

85

6,32

1,70

82

6,34

1,56

0,05

0,96

 4. ECG recommendation (score from 0 “no utility” to 10 “max utility”)

85

5,42

3,04

83

5,13

2,91

-0,06

0,53

 5. Drug prescription (Yes/No)

85

70%

83

53%

5,51

0,01