Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Table 1 Structural characteristics of physicians, practices and duration of visit (physician rated)

From: Patient satisfaction with primary care: an observational study comparing anthroposophic and conventional care

		CON			AM			P-values
		#	%	CI ^c	#	%	CI ^c
Physicians	Number	71			32
Female physicians*	Proportion	9	12.7		10	31.3		p = 0.025
Age	Mean (Standard Deviation)	52.3 (6.86)			51.4 (8.84)			P = 0.628
Years since graduation	Mean (Standard Deviation)	23.4 (7.40)			21.5 (9.19)			P = 0.301
Language	German	43	60.6		29	90.6		p = 0.008
	French	25	35.2		3	9.4
	Italian	3	4.2		0	0
Urbanisation*	Inner city	24	33.8		22	68.8		p = 0.004
	Agglomeration	35	49.3		7	21.9
	Rural area	12	16.9		3	31.1
Practice type	Single practice	51	71.8		17	53.1		P = 0.064
	Group practice	20	28.2		15	46.9
Level of activity	Full time	64	91.4		24	77.4		p = 0.053
	Part time	6	8.6		7	22.6
*Practice equipment ()** ^b	Laboratory *	68	95.8		26	81.3		(p = 0.024)^b
	ECG *	69	97.2		26	81.3		(p = 0.011)^b
	X-ray *	57	80.3		9	28.1		(p < 0.001)^b
	Ultrasound	16	22.5		7	21.9		(p = 1.000)^b
Duration of Visit ^a,*	Mean (min)	16.8		15.7–18.0	23.3		21.1–25.9	p < 0.001

* = significant difference (p < 0.05) to COM-group in a multivariate logistic model,
^a = data from PEK II and (...)^b = Fisher's Exact Text
^c = 95% Confidence Interval

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