Variable | Definition | Sample 1 (N = 313,659) | Sample 2 (N = 30,212) | ||||
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Median | Mean | St.dev | Median | Mean | St.dev | ||
DT1_share | The share of a GP’s patients with diabetes type 1 | 0.005 | 0.007 | 0.006 | 0.005 | 0.006 | 0.005 |
DT2_share | The share of a GP’s patients with diabetes type 2 | 0.042 | 0.046 | 0.027 | 0.036 | 0.040 | 0.021 |
Arth_share | The share of a GP’s patients with arthritis | 0.014 | 0.016 | 0.010 | 0.013 | 0.015 | 0.009 |
Asthm_share | The share of a GP’s patients with asthma | 0.020 | 0.023 | 0.015 | 0.018 | 0.020 | 0.013 |
Depr_share | The share of a GP’s patients with depression | 0.107 | 0.112 | 0.042 | 0.094 | 0.100 | 0.038 |
Schi_share | The share of a GP’s patients with schizophrenia | 0.004 | 0.005 | 0.003 | 0.004 | 0.005 | 0.003 |
Epil_share | The share of a GP’s patients with epilepsy | 0.008 | 0.009 | 0.004 | 0.008 | 0.008 | 0.004 |
ListLength | The number of patients on a GP’s list | 1423 | 1444.0 | 367.8 | 1439 | 1453.4 | 367.8 |
Ln_ListLength | The natural logarithm of Listlength | 7.261 | 7.240 | 0.277 | 7.272 | 7.248 | 0.270 |
GP_Age | The GP’s age | 52 | 50.358 | 9.120 | 51 | 49.744 | 8.989 |
GP_Sex | =1 if the GP is male, =0 otherwise | 1 | 0.706 | 0.455 | 1 | 0.673 | 0.469 |
GP_age · GP_Sex | The product of GP_Age and GP_Sex | 48 | 36.473 | 24.718 | 45 | 34.266 | 25.016 |
GP_Specialist | =1 if the GP has a specialist degree in general medicine; =0 otherwise | 1 | 0.707 | 0.455 | 1 | 0.702 | 0.457 |
Pat_Sex | =1 if the patient is male; =0 otherwise | 0 | 0.426 | 0.494 | 0 | 0.494 | 0.500 |
Pat_BirthYear | The patient’s year of birth | 1959 | 1958.6 | 19.1 | 1970 | 1961.5 | 13.5 |
Pat_Comorb | Sample 1: No. of chronic diseases minus one. Sample 2: Not defined | 0 | 0.148 | 0.405 | - | ||
Pat_Visits | The patient’s number of visits to primary care | 3 | 4.662 | 5.268 | 1 | 2.227 | 3.369 |
Pat_Visits_win | Winsorized Pat_Visits at 99th percentile (max = 23) | 3 | 4.570 | 4.626 | 1 | 2.205 | 3.107 |
Pat_Visits_dum | =1 if Pat_Visit >23, =0 otherwise | 0 | 0.10 | 0.98 | 0 | 0.002 | 0.047 |