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Table 2 Main characteristics of the survey participants (n = 3012) compared with general practitioners’ population in metropolitan France in 2020

From: The challenge for general practitioners to keep in touch with vulnerable patients during the COVID-19 lockdown: an observational study in France

n (%)

Study sample

n = 3012

GPs’ population in metropolitan Francea

n = 53,339

Gender

 Women

1659 (55.1)

23,576 (44.2)

 Men

1353 (44.9)

29,763 (55.8)

Age group

  < 40 years

1127 (37.5)

9068 (17.0)

 [40-55[

864 (28.8)

15,255 (28.6)

  > 55 years

1010 (33.7)

29,016 (54.4)

Missing data

11

 

Type of practice

 Alone

469 (15.6)

20,802 (39.0) b

 Monodisciplinary practice

1300 (43.4)

Only GPs

1228 (41.0)

GPs and other specialists

72 (2.4)

 Multidisciplinary practice

1228 (41.0)

Independent multidisciplinary group

1099 (36.7)

Care centre

129 (4.3)

Missing data

15

  1. GP: general practitioner
  2. aData from the French health insurance system (CNAMTS) (2019)
  3. bData from the French direction of research, studies, evaluation and statistics (DREES) (2019)