Table 1 Characteristics of general practitioners stratified by sex, age group and practice location, type of practice and frequency of US use

Overall

104

109

213

54

7

61

274

Sex

104

109

213

50

7

57

270

 Male, n (%)

84 (81)

75 (69)

159 (159)

29 (58)

2 (29)

31 (54)

190 (70)

 Female, n (%)

20 (19)

34 (31)

54 (25)

21 (42)

5 (71)

26 (46)

80 (30)

Age group

104

109

213

52

6

58

271

  < 40, n (%)

12 (12)

10 (9)

22 (10)

35 (67)

2 (33)

37 (64)

59 (20)

  ≥ 40, n (%)

92 (88)

99 (91)

191 (90)

17 (33)

4 (67)

21 (36)

212 (80)

Practice location

104

109

213

53

6

59

272

 Urban, n (%)

25 (24)

35 (33)

60 (28)

21 (40)

1 (17)

22 (37)

82 (30)

 Suburban, n (%)

60 (58)

51 (46)

111 (52)

26 (49)

5 (83)

31 (53)

142 (52)

 Rural, n (%)

19 (18)

23 (21)

42 (20)

6 (11)

0

6 (10)

48 (18)

Practice type

104

109

213

54

6

60

273

 Individual, n (%)

35 (34)

44 (40)

79 (37)

12 (22)

1 (17)

13 (22)

92 (33)

 Group, n (%)

69 (66)

65 (60)

134 (63)

32 (59)

3 (50)

35 (58)

169 (62)

 General Outpatient, n (%)

–

–

–

4 (7)

1 (17)

5 (8)

5 (2)

Permanence, n (%)

–

–

–

6 (11)

1 (17)

7 (12)

7 (3)