Trends towards stronger primary care in three western European countries; 2006-2012

BMC Primary Care

Table 1 Country and respondent characteristics

	Year	N	Response rate (%)	Gender %female	Age % 35–64	Practice location %City	Practice size %solo practices(1FTE)	Density of GPs per 1000 population [34]^a
UK	2006	1063	20	36.8	92.3	37.4	14	0.72
	2009	1062	20	38.3	83.0	26.9	12	0.79
	2012	500	24	39.0	85.0	37.8	8	0.80
Germany	2006	1006	18	38.2	90.1	49.8	68	0.66
	2009	715	50	38.2	91.9	24.4	50	0.65
	2012	909	20	37.7	91.5	42.0	53	0.67
Netherlands	2006	931	43	32.3	96.5	20.0	72	0.68
	2009	614	50	36.7	92.7	17.3	56	0.72
	2012	522	48	39.2	92.2	20.8	57	0.77

^anote: these are head counts per 1000 population and not FTE. In Germany no paediatricians are included

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