Table 1 Sample characteristics
Selected videotaped consultations | |
|---|---|
Patients | N = 394 |
Age | |
-Range (years) | 18–88 |
-Mean (SD) | 49.4 (17.4) |
Male (%) | 40.6 |
Private health insurance (%) | 26.1 |
Number of consultations | |
-Range | 1–58 |
-Mean (SD) | 7.0 (6.6) |
Self-reported overall health (%) | |
-(very) good | 56.5 |
-Moderate to poor | 43.5 |
Familiarity (%): | |
-hardly or not at all familiar | 29.2 |
-moderately familiar | 18.3 |
-very familiar | 52.2 |
GPs | N = 40 |
Age | |
-Range (years) | 35–59 |
-Mean (SD) | 45.9 (7.2) |
Male (%) | 50.0 |
Practicing years | |
-Range | 1–30 |
-Mean (SD) | 14.4 (8.9) |
Full time equivalent | |
-Range | .20–1.00 |
-Mean (SD) | .80 (.20) |
No. of patients per GP | |
-Range | 1345–2810 |
-Mean (SD) | 2226 (362) |
Duo-/group practice (%) | 82.5 |
Location (%) | |
-Most urban | 17.5 |
-Urban | 30.0 |
-Suburban | 15.0 |
-Mixed urban/rural | 25.0 |
-Rural | 12.5 |