Exploring General Practitioner Work in Upper Austria: A Pilot Retrospective Observational Study Across Thirty Practices

Figures & Tables

	Organisational structure of practice
	Single practice (n=409)		Group practice (n=414)		PHCunit (n=322)		Total (n=1145)		χ² or LR	df	p
	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	χ² or LR	df	p
Antibiotics	5	1.2	1	0.2	0	0.0	6	0.5	6.955	2	0.031
Analgesics	44	10.8	27	6.5	29	9.0	100	8.7	4.674	2	0.097
Antihypertensives	137	33.5	110	26.6	60	18.6	307	26.8	20.300	2	<0.001
Gastrointestinal	68	16.6	29	7.0	23	7.1	120	10.5	25.618	2	<0.001
Statins	55	13.4	58	14.0	37	11.5	150	13.1	1.077	2	0.584
Hormones	46	11.2	44	10.6	26	8.1	116	10.1	2.167	2	0.338
Psychopharmacological	78	19.1	51	12.3	52	16.1	181	15.8	7.087	2	0.029
Anticoagulants	65	15.9	43	10.4	32	9.9	140	12.2	7.999	2	0.018
Pulmonary	19	4.6	20	4.8	11	3.4	50	4.4	0.986	2	0.611
Antidiabetic	36	8.8	33	8.0	18	5.6	87	7.6	2.776	2	0.250
Ointments	18	4.4	3	0.7	6	1.9	27	2.4	12.553	2	0.002
Nutritional supplements	66	16.1	42	10.1	42	13.0	150	13.1	6.490	2	0.039
Biological medicines	4	1.0	18	4.3	4	1.2	26	2.3	12.663	2	0.002
Anti-rheumatic drugs	23	5.6	17	4.1	8	2.5	48	4.2	4.432	2	0.109

	Organisational structure of practice
	Single practice (n=409)		Group practice (n=414)		PHCunit (n=322)		Total (n=1223)		χ² or LR	df	p
	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	χ² or LR	df	p
0 Chronic conditions (No Illness) **	92	22.5	134	32.4	78	24.2	304	26.6	41,781	14	<0.001
A General and non-specific	28	6.8	10	2.4	20	6.2	58	5.1
B Blood, blood-forming organs, immune system	33	8.1	21	5.1	14	4.3	68	5.9
D Digestive system**	93	22.7	48	11.6	36	11.2	177	15.5
F Eye	14	3.4	6	1.4	12	3.7	32	2.8
H Ear	11	2.7	9	2.2	12	3.7	32	2.8
K Cardiovascular System**	174	42.5	119	28.7	97	30.1	390	34.1
L Locomotor System**	136	33.3	88	21.3	83	25.8	307	26.8
N Neurology**	45	11.0	45	10.9	31	9.6	121	10.6
P Mental Health**	71	17.4	72	17.4	58	18.0	201	17.6
R Respiratory System**	46	11.2	26	6.3	35	10.9	107	9.3
S Skin	35	8.6	18	4.3	32	9.9	85	7.4
T Endocrine, metabolic, nutritional**	137	33.5	137	33.1	111	34.5	385	33.6
U Urology	24	5.9	20	4.8	19	5.9	63	5.5
W Pregnancy, childbirth, family planning	0	0.0	2	0.5	4	1.2	6	0.5
X Gynaecology	4	1.0	10	2.4	13	4.0	27	2.4
Y Andrology	21	5.1	17	4.1	19	5.9	57	5.0
Z Social problem	0	0.0	1	0.2	1	0.3	2	0.2

Inclusion criteria	Exclusion criteria
GPs working in single practices	GPs working primarily in hospitals
GPs working in group practices	GPs working in social or institutional settings
GPs working in PHC (Primary Health Care) units	GPs without a health insurance contract
GPs with a valid contract with the national health insurance system

	N	Minimum Age	Maximum Age	Median Age	Mean Age	SD	KW H	df	p
Single practice	17	39	68	51	53.7	9.8	2.428	2	0.297
Group practice	7	32	55	48	46.3	9.8
PHC unit	6	26	59	48	45.5	11.9
Total	30	26	68	49	50.3	10.6

	Organisational structure of practice
	Single practice		Group practice		PHC unit		Total		χ² or LR	df	p
	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	χ² or LR	df	p
A General and non-specific	121	29.6	137	33.1	55	17.1	313	27.3	55,189	32	0.007
B Blood, blood-forming organs, immune system	6	1.5	7	1.7	2	0.6	15	1.3
D Digestive system	24	5.9	29	7.0	19	5.9	72	6.3
F Eye	2	0.5	2	0.5	5	1.6	9	0.8
H Ear	10	2.4	9	2.2	4	1.2	23	2.0
K Cardiovascular System	29	7.1	19	4.6	15	4.7	63	5.5
L Locomotor	46	11.2	45	10.9	51	15.8	142	12.4
N Neurology System	9	2.2	12	2.9	14	4.3	35	3.1
P Mental Health	11	2.7	16	3.9	11	3.4	38	3.3
R Respiratory	95	23.2	93	22.5	98	30.4	286	25.0
S Dermatology	25	6.1	13	3.1	17	5.3	55	4.8
T Endocrine, metabolic, nutritional	17	4.2	17	4.1	17	5.3	51	4.5
U Urology	6	1.5	10	2.4	7	2.2	23	2.0
W Pregnancy, childbirth, family planning	0	0.0	0	0.0	2	0.6	2	0.2
X Gynaecology	3	0.7	1	0.2	2	0.6	6	0.5
Y Andrology	3	0.7	2	0.5	1	0.3	6	0.5
Z Social problems	2	0.5	2	0.5	2	0.6	6	0.5
Total	409	100.0	414	100.0	322	100.0	1145	100.0

	Organisational structure of practice
	Single practice (n=409)		Group practice (n=414)		PHCunit (n=322)		Total (n=1145)		χ² or LR	df	p
	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	χ² or LR	df	p
Counselling	342	83.6	363	87.7	284	88.2	989	86.4	4.151^a	2	0.126
Drug Prescription	237	57.9	209	50.5	141	43.8	587	51.3	14.613^a	2	0.001
Injection	3	0.7	22	5.3	2	0.6	27	2.4	24.618^a	2	<0.001
Infiltration	3	0.7	4	1.0	3	0.9	10	0.9	0.150	2	0.928
Infusion	10	2.4	14	3.4	6	1.9	30	2.6	1.713^a	2	0.425
Vaccination	25	6.1	17	4.1	2	0.6	44	3.8	14.824^a	2	0.001
Manual Therapy	3	0.7	3	0.7	3	0.9	9	0.8	0.118	2	0.943
Minor Surgery	2	0.5	1	0.2	2	0.6	5	0.4	0.680	2	0.7122
Acute wound care	10	2.4	7	1.7	5	1.6	22	1.9	0.944^a	2	0.624
Chronic wound care	5	1.2	2	0.5	2	0.6	9	0.8	1.540	2	0.463
Other*	6	1.5	13	3.1	22	6.8	41	3.6	15.386^a	2	<0.001

	Single practice	Group practice	PHC unit	Total	KW H	df	p
n	409	414	322	1145	2.203	2	0.332
Minimum Age	0	1	1	0
Maximum Age	99	94	94	99
Mean Age	51.2	50.4	49.4	50.4
Median Age	54	54	51	53
SD	24.3	23.1	20.8	22.9