Table II  Comparison of respondents and non-respondents by type of GP

 

 

GP principals

 

 

GP non-principals

 

PMS GPs

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Notes: a Independent samples t-test [mean (± standard deviation)]; b Mann-Whitney test [median (minimum - maximum)]; c Pearson chi-square test [mean]