Main practice characteristics in 11 high-income countries, weighted data
| Characteristics | Repartition in each country, %a | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sample size, N | n (% missing data)b | AU 747 | CA 2284 | DE 559 | FR 502 | NL 618 | NZ 503 | NO 864 | SE 2905 | CH 1065 | UK 1001 | US 1001 | Total 12 049 |
| Consultation duration, minutes, median (IQR) | 11 930 (0.99) | 15 (12–20) | 15 (12–20) | 10 (8–10) | 20 (15–20) | 10 (10–12) | 15 (15–15) | 20 (15–20) | 20 (20–30) | 20 (15–20) | 10 (10–10) | 17 (15–20) | 15 (12–20) |
| Workload, hours/week, median (IQR) | 12 049 (0) | 40 (30–45) | 40 (32–50) | 50 (40–55) | 50 (40–60) | 45 (33–52) | 36 (30–45) | 40 (35–48) | 40 (32–45) | 48 (35–55) | 44 (35–50) | 45 (40–56) | 40 (34–50) |
| Part dedicated to administration tasks (% total workload), median (IQR) | 11 840 (1.7) | 10 (5–15) | 15 (8–20) | 20 (13–30) | 15 (10–20) | 20 (15–30) | 20 (10–25) | 20 (10–25) | 25 (16–30) | 20 (10–25) | 20 (10–25) | 10 (5–25) | 20 (10–25) |
| Make home visits | 11 904 (1.2) | ||||||||||||
| Frequently | 4080 | 25.1 | 19.5 | 57.1 | 56.1 | 88.3 | 20.6 | 20.3 | 24.7 | 42.8 | 84.0 | 6.0 | 34.3 |
| Occasionally | 5917 | 59.6 | 49.4 | 30.0 | 34.2 | 11.7 | 74.8 | 77.8 | 70.1 | 45.4 | 15.1 | 28.6 | 49.7 |
| Work with case manager | 11 934 (0.9) | ||||||||||||
| In-practice | 6407 | 75.4 | 42.9 | 20.6 | 12.9 | 83.0 | 83.0 | 31.8 | 75.8 | 8.4 | 87.4 | 43.9 | 52.5 |
| External | 2652 | 6.2 | 21.5 | 6.8 | 83.3 | 14.9 | 7.4 | 33.9 | 9.8 | 52.2 | 8.3 | 22.8 | 21.6 |
| Use of EHR | 11 985 (0.5) | 92.4 | 72.9 | 85.5 | 75.6 | 99.3 | 99.8 | 99.5 | 99.3 | 54.3 | 98.4 | 84.5 | 86.5 |
| Use of E-alert drug prescription | 11 878 (1.4) | ||||||||||||
| Yes, routinely | 7999 | 89.5 | 41.7 | 31.5 | 46.8 | 96.4 | 94.8 | 82.3 | 81.6 | 29.8 | 86.5 | 77.3 | 67.8 |
| Yes, occasionally | 1338 | 4.9 | 14.3 | 16.6 | 20.0 | 2.8 | 4.0 | 10.6 | 11.4 | 15.2 | 11.8 | 6.6 | 11.3 |
| Target-related performance | 11 840 (1.7) | 47.5 | 41.8 | 40.5 | 65.5 | 48.2 | 83.8 | 22.7 | 53.0 | 33.5 | 83.4 | 74.9 | 51.5 |
| Information about patient satisfaction surveys | 11 894 (1.3) | 46.3 | 17.1 | 25.1 | 3.7 | 62.8 | 60.5 | 9.3 | 89.2 | 15.7 | 87.9 | 64.1 | 49.2 |
| Delay in receiving discharge information | 11 748 (2.5) | ||||||||||||
| <2 days | 3757 | 32.4 | 22.5 | 70.4 | 14.9 | 43.3 | 62.3 | 22.5 | 19.7 | 40.0 | 33.7 | 53.1 | 32.0 |
| 2 days–2 weeks | 6473 | 56.6 | 55.4 | 23.0 | 50.8 | 50.2 | 35.3 | 73.2 | 67.6 | 50.1 | 57.7 | 38.3 | 55.1 |
| 3–4 weeks | 960 | 7.8 | 12.7 | 4.5 | 25.1 | 5.8 | 2.4 | 4.1 | 7.7 | 6.9 | 7.1 | 2.8 | 8.2 |
| >1 month/never | 558 | 3.2 | 9.4 | 2.1 | 9.2 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 5.1 | 3.0 | 1.5 | 5.8 | 4.7 |
↵a Unless otherwise stated.
↵b The percentages in brackets are calculated using interquartile 1 to interquartile 3 range. AU = Australia. CA = Canada. CH = Switzerland. DE = Germany. EHR = electronic health record. FR = France. IQR = interquartile range. NL = Netherlands. NO = Norway. NZ = New Zealand. SE = Sweden.