Resilience of the primary health care system – German primary care practitioners’ perspectives during the early COVID-19 pandemic

Table 2 Characteristics of the interview sample (n = 38 interview participants)

	Regular primary care practices	COVID-19-specialized primary care practices	Outpatient infection centers
n (%)	13 (34.2)	14 (36.8)	11 (28.9)
primary care practitioner (%)	100	92.9^a	100
Urban location (%)	53.8	21.4	54.5
Sex f (%)	38.5	28.6	45.5
Single practice (%)	46.2	21.4
Age in years mean (SD)	53.2 (10.7)	51.5 (8.8)	52.4 (9.4)
Region in Baden-Wuerttemberg (%)
North Baden	61.5	42.9	36.4
Opening (%)
Early March 2020	-	35.7	45.5
Early April 2020	-	35.7	45.5
Late May – Sept. 2020	-	28.6	9.1

^aone pediatrician included (special role of pediatrics in Germany with roles both in primary care and as specialty)

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