Table II Comparison of
respondents and non-respondents by type of GP
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|
GP
principals |
GP
non-principals |
PMS
GPs |
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|
Respondents
(n
= 637) |
Non-respondents
(n
= 363) |
P-value |
Respondents
(n
= 130) |
Non-respondents
(n
= 229) |
P-value |
Respondents
(n
= 35) |
Non-respondents
(n
= 27) |
P-value |
|
Age
of GPs |
45
(28-69) |
44
(29-69) |
0.761
b |
30
(26-69) |
30
(26-70) |
0.021
b |
43
(± 7) |
45
(± 7) |
0.399
a |
|
Proportion
of male GPs |
0.620 |
0.660 |
0.212
c |
0.430 |
0.380 |
0.304
c |
0.600 |
0.590 |
0.953
c |
|
Number
of GPs in practice |
5
(1-12) |
5
(1-12) |
0.379
b |
5
(1-11) |
5
(1-12) |
<
0.001 b |
5
(± 2) |
5
(± 2) |
0.645
a |
|
Number
of patients on practice list |
6,592
(435-18,598) |
6,294
(114-23,258) |
0.570
b |
5,566
(±
3,968) |
7,134
(±
3,898) |
<
0.001 a |
7,371
(±
3,988) |
7,608
(±
4,054) |
0.818
a |
|
Proportion
of GPs in Argyll and Clyde HB |
0.082 |
0.091 |
0.613
c |
0.085 |
0.079 |
0.841
c |
0.000 |
0.000 |
- |
|
Proportion
of GPs in Ayrshire and Arran HB |
0.067 |
0.069 |
0.934
c |
0.054 |
0.044 |
0.663
c |
0.029 |
0.000 |
0.376
c |
|
Proportion
of GPs in Borders HB |
0.023 |
0.016 |
0.457
c |
0.054 |
0.017 |
0.055
c |
0.000 |
0.000 |
- |
|
Proportion
of GPs in Dumfries and Galloway HB |
0.044 |
0.025 |
0.123
c |
0.015 |
0.048 |
0.111
c |
0.000 |
0.000 |
- |
|
Proportion
of GPs in Fife HB |
0.064 |
0.077 |
0.444
c |
0.008 |
0.048 |
0.041
c |
0.000 |
0.000 |
- |
|
Proportion
of GPs in Forth Valley HB |
0.050 |
0.066 |
0.294
c |
0.038 |
0.017 |
0.221
c |
0.000 |
0.000 |
- |
|
Proportion
of GPs in Grampian HB |
0.100 |
0.080 |
0.281
c |
0.123 |
0.135 |
0.740
c |
0.543 |
0.444 |
0.442
c |
|
Proportion
of GPs in Greater Glasgow HB |
0.160 |
0.193 |
0.187
c |
0.138 |
0.144 |
0.883
c |
0.000 |
0.148 |
0.019
c |
|
Proportion
of GPs in Highland HB |
0.061 |
0.058 |
0.829
c |
0.146 |
0.079 |
0.043
c |
0.000 |
0.000 |
- |
|
Proportion
of GPs in Lanarkshire HB |
0.094 |
0.094 |
0.978
c |
0.031 |
0.048 |
0.432
c |
0.000 |
0.000 |
- |
|
Proportion
of GPs in Lothian HB |
0.154 |
0.129 |
0.293
c |
0.208 |
0.218 |
0.813
c |
0.400 |
0.222 |
0.138
c |
|
Proportion
of GPs in Orkney HB |
0.006 |
0.008 |
0.717
c |
0.015 |
0.026 |
0.505
c |
0.000 |
0.000 |
- |
|
Proportion
of GPs in Shetland HB |
0.003 |
0.011 |
0.121
c |
0.008 |
0.013 |
0.639
c |
0.000 |
0.000 |
- |
|
Proportion
of GPs in Tayside HB |
0.082 |
0.072 |
0.570
c |
0.061 |
0.065 |
0.883
c |
0.000 |
0.111 |
0.043
c |
|
Proportion of GPs in Western Isles HB |
0.008 |
0.011 |
0.610
c |
0.015 |
0.017 |
0.882
c |
0.029 |
0.074 |
0.408
c |
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Notes:
a Independent samples t-test [mean (± standard deviation)]; b
Mann-Whitney test [median (minimum - maximum)]; c Pearson chi-square
test [mean]