Are low and high utilization related to the way GPs manage their practices? An observational study

BMC Primary Care

Table 5 Model estimates for the regression of difference between the actual and estimated utilization rate on practice characteristics (data aggregated on practice level, n = 224)

	B	P-value	Lower bound 95% CI	Upper bound 95% CI
Practice organization measures
Medical service profile	0.055	0.24	−0.038	0.148
Consultation profile	0.081	0.14	−0.026	0.188
Accessibility	0.107	0.16	−0.043	0.257
Disease management	0.051^a	0.03	0.007	0.095
Patient information material	−0.052	0.38	−0.170	0.065
Human resources in practice
Doctor’s assistant	−0.500	0.13	−1.142	0.141
Practice nurse somatic disorders	−0.269	0.06	−0.546	0.008
Practice nurse mental disorders	0.000	1.00	−0.225	0.225
Pharmacist	0.183	0.49	−0.343	0.710
Other medical providers	0.463^a	0.00	0.156	0.770
Other non-medical providers	−0.139	0.23	−0.364	0.087
Type of practice; reference is solo practice
Dual practices	0.253^a	0.03	0.021	0.486
Group practices	0.138	0.31	−0.129	0.404
GP characteristics per practice
Percentage of female GPs	0.003^a	0.04	0.0001	0.007
Percentage of GPs younger than 40 years	0.002	0.27	−0.002	0.006
Percentage of self-employed GPs	0.000	0.89	−0.004	0.004
Number of patients per FTE GP	0.000	0.42	0.000	0.000

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