Utilization of point-of-care tests among general practitioners, a cross-sectional study

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Table 1 Sociodemographic description of responding and total of GPs in Saxony

	Sample (n = 206)			Population statistics (i = 2690)
	n / n_valid	%	95% C.I	n / n_valid	%	P
Gender
Male	73/206	35.4		1074/2690	39.9	0.187
Female	133/206	64.6		1616/2690	60.1
Age in years (categorized)
Under 35	4/200	2.0		50/2690	1.9	0.912
35 to < 40	17/200	8.5		225/2690	8.4	0.959
40 to < 50	62/200	31.0		689/2690	25.6	0.08
50 to < 60	68/200	34.0		913/2690	33.9	0.976
60 to < 66	34/200	17.0		566/2690	21.0	0.165
66 and older	15/200	7.5		247/2690	9.2	0.406
Age in years (M ± SD); n = 200	52.1	± 10.3	[50.7; 53.5]	53.4	± 10.2	0.076
Academic degree
Yes ^a)	129/204	63.2		1451/2706	53.6	0.006
No	75/204	36.8		1255/2706	46.4
Medical specialisation
General practitioner	134/206	65.0		1666/2690	61.9	0.36
Internist	68/206	33.0		892/2690	33.2	0.951
None ^b)	3/206	1.5		132/2690	4.9	0.024
General practitioner & Internist	1/206	0.5
Practice structure
Solo practice	122/201	60.7			n.a
Group practice ^c)	79/201	39.3			n.a
Additional qualification ^d)
Yes	91/206	44.2			n.a
No	115/206	55.8			n.a
Years in practice (M ± SD); n = 202	18.8	± 11.7			n.a
Teaching undergraduates
Yes	31/187	16.60			n.a
No	156/187	83.40			n.a

p one-sample proportion test, n.a. this information could not be researched for comparison
Data of the population are from the KVS of 10.06.2020 with 2690 GPs listed at this time, except academic degree. These comparative data sources our own research of 12/2019 with a population of 2706 GPs
^aBy an academic degree is meant a habilitation (for a professorship) or a doctorate (for a PhD). No academic degree: including German diploma not shown here separately
^bPractical physician´ / ´physician without specialist medical training
^cPractice with more than one GP including community practice (economic and organizational association), shared practice (common practice rooms, but without forming an economic unit), and medical care centre
^de.g. emergency or palliative medicine, acupuncture, diabetology, and endocrinology

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