Baseline Characteristics of General Practitioners and Primary Health Care Centers
| Characteristic | Intervention | Control |
|---|---|---|
| a All of the general practitioners specialized in general medicine. None had a known relation to any of the physicians in the other group. | ||
| b Calculated for individuals aged older than 16 years in 1995 (kSEK = 1,000 Swedish crowns). | ||
| General practitioners, No.a | 26 | 28 |
| Age, mean (SD), y | 47.0 (6.3) | 46.4 (4.8) |
| Women, No. (%) | 9 (35) | 9 (32) |
| Patients per physician, median (range), No. | 1 (0–4) | 1 (0–5) |
| No. | No. | |
| Primary health care centers | 7 | 7 |
| Physicians per center | ||
| 1–3 | 3 | 3 |
| 4–5 | 3 | 2 |
| ≥6 | 1 | 2 |
| Inhabitants per center | ||
| ≤4,999 | 2 | 2 |
| 5,000–9,999 | 2 | 3 |
| ≥10,000 | 3 | 2 |
| Mean income per capitab | ||
| ≤149 kSEK | 1 | 1 |
| 150–199 kSEK | 5 | 4 |
| ≥200 kSEK | 1 | 2 |
| Location | ||
| Urban only | 5 | 5 |
| Mixed urban and rural | 2 | 2 |