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Population of Danish GPs Sample of GPs Responding GPs n % n % n % Sex Male 1499 43 340 43 144 46 Female 1974 57 458 57 166 54 Geographic region The Capital Region of Denmark 1064 31 248 31 88 28 The Central Denmark Region 441 13 87 11 41 13 The North Denmark Region 819 24 200 25 79 25 Region Zealand 851 25 197 25 78 25 Region of Southern Denmark 298 9 66 8 24 8 Age, years 30–40 320 9 81 10 30 10 41–50 1421 41 316 40 119 38 51–60 989 28 229 29 95 31 61–70 660 19 154 19 61 20 >70 83 2 18 2 5 2 - Table 2. The distribution of software in general practice clinics and among the GPs who have answered the questionnaire
Distribution of software among Danish GP clinics Distribution of software among responding GPs Software used by the clinics n % n % MDS 1 725 42 133 43 MDS 2 436 25 87 28 MDS 3 201 12 27 9 MDS 4 239 14 46 15 MDS 5, MDS 6, MDS 7a 114 7 27 9 MDS 8 1 0 0 0 aMDS 5, MDS 6, MDS 7 are merged owing to few users.
MDS = marked discharge summaries.
Question Totally agree, n (%) Partly agree, n (%) Neither agree nor disagree, n (%) Partially disagree, n (%) Totally disagree, n (%) n The recommendation text box is easy to find 124 (40) 98 (32) 37 (12) 29 (9) 22 (7) 310 The recommendation text box provides brief and precise information about recommended follow-up 63 (20) 134 (43) 60 (19) 39 (13) 14 (5) 310 Prevalence 'Totally agree' or 'Partly agree' 'Neither agree nor disagree', 'Partially disagree', or 'Totally disagree' OR (95% CI)a Adjusted OR (95% CI)b n (%) n (%) P value P value Geographical region The Central Denmark Region 78 58 (74.4%) 20 (25.6%) 1 1 The Capital Region of Denmark 88 61 (69.3%) 27 (30.7%) 0.78 (0.39 to 1.54) 0.473 1.01 (0.48 to 2.14) 0.982 The North Denmark Region 24 19 (79.2%) 5 (20.8%) 1.31 (0.43 to 3.98) 0.633 1.30 (0.38 to 4.42) 0.675 Region Zealand 41 21 (51.2%) 20 (48.8%) 0.36 (0.16 to 0.80)* 0.012* 0.46 (0.20 to 1.04) 0.063 Region of Southern Denmark 79 63 (79.7%) 16 (20.3%) 1.36 (0.64 to 2.87) 0.424 1.42 (0.65 to 3.08) 0.378 Software used by the clinics MDS 1 133 108 (81.2%) 25 (18.8%) 1 1 MDS 2 87 57 (65.5%) 30 (34.5%) 0.44 (0.24 to 0.82)* 0.010* 0.44 (0.23 to 0.84)* 0.014* MDS 3 27 15 (55.6%) 12 (44.4%) 0.29 (0.12 to 0.70)* 0.006* 0.34 (0.13 to 0.92)* 0.033* MDS 4 46 31 (67.4%) 15 (32.6%) 0.48 (0.22 to 1.02) 0.056 0.47 (0.20 to 1.09) 0.078 MDS 5, MDS 6, MDS 7c 17 11 (64.7%) 6 (35.3%) 0.42 (0.14 to 1.26) 0.122 0.53 (0.16 to 1.73) 0.296 Sex Male 144 96 (66.7%) 48 (33.3%) 1 1 Female 166 126 (75.9%) 40 (24.1%) 1.57 (0.96 to 2.59) 0.073 1.52 (0.89 to 2.57) 0.124 Age, years ≤55 194 148 (76.3%) 46 (23.7%) 1 1 >55 116 74 (63.8%) 42 (36.2%) 0.55 (0.33 to 0.91)* 0.019* 0.59 (0.34 to 1.03) 0.062 Type of clinic Multid 235 169 (71.9%) 66 (28.1%) 1 1 Soloe 75 53 (70.7%) 22 (29.3%) 0.94 (0.53 to 1.67) 0.835 1.46 (0.73 to 2.92) 0.289 One or more nurses employed in the practice? Yes 275 199 (72.4%) 76 (27.6%) 1 1 No 35 23 (65.7%) 12 (34.3%) 0.73 (0.35 to 1.55) 0.413 0.68 (0.30 to 1.55) 0.360 aCrude prevalence ratio is the unadjusted prevalence ratio. bAdjusted logistic regression. Adjusted for geographic region, software used by the clinics, sex, age group, type of clinic and whether the clinic employs one or more nurses. cMDS 5, MDS 6, MDS 7 are merged owing to few users. dPartnership clinics. eSolo, shared single and groups of solo GPs sharing clinic facilities.
MDS = marked discharge summaries.
Bold and asterisked = statistically significant.
- Table 5. The recommendation text box provides brief and precise information about recommended follow-up
Prev. 'Totally agree' or 'Partly agree' 'Neither agree nor disagree', 'Partially disagree', or 'Totally disagree' OR (95% CI)a P value Adjusted OR (95% CI)b P value n (%) n (%) Geographical region The Central Denmark Region 78 50 (64.1%) 28 (35.9%) 1 1 The Capital Region of Denmark 88 55 (62.5%) 33 (37.5%) 0.93 (0.50 to 1.76) 0.831 0.99 (0.50 to 1.95) 0.970 The North Denmark Region 24 14 (58.3%) 10 (41.7%) 0.78 (0.31 to 2.00) 0.610 0.75 (0.27 to 2.08) 0.577 Region Zealand 41 21 (51.2%) 20 (48.8%) 0.59 (0.27 to 1.27) 0.176 0.65 (0.30 to 1.43) 0.288 Region of Southern Denmark 79 57 (72.2%) 22 (27.8%) 1.45 (0.74 to 2.85) 0.281 1.48 (0.74 to 2.95) 0.265 Software used by the clinics MDS 1 133 91 (68.4%) 42 (31.6%) 1 1 MDS 2 87 53 (60.9%) 34 (39.1%) 0.72 (0.41 to 1.27) 0.254 0.74 (0.41 to 1.34) 0.319 MDS 3 27 15 (55.6%) 12 (44.4%) 0.58 (0.25 to 1.34) 0.201 0.60 (0.24 to 1.52) 0.281 MDS 4 46 29 (63.0%) 17 (37.0%) 0.79 (0.39 to 1.59) 0.505 0.79 (0.36 to 1.73) 0.555 MDS 5, MDS 6, MDS 7c 17 9 (52.9%) 8 (47.1%) 0.52 (0.19 to 1.44) 0.209 0.56 (0.19 to 1.65) 0.292 Sex Male 144 79 (54.9%) 65 (45.1%) 1 1 Female 166 118 (71.1%) 48 (28.9%) 2.02 (1.26 to 3.24)* 0.003* 2.00 (1.23 to 3.25)* 0.005* Age (years of age) ≤55 194 126 (64.9%) 68 (35.1%) 1 1 >55 116 71 (61.2%) 45 (38.8%) 0.85 (0.53 to 1.37) 0.509 0.93 (0.55 to 1.57) 0.785 Type of clinic Multid 235 148 (63.0%) 87 (37.0%) 1 1 Soloe 75 49 (65.3%) 26 (34.7%) 1.11 (0.64 to 1.91) 0.713 1.47 (0.76 to 2.86) 0.257 One or more nurses employed in the clinic? Yes 275 175 (63.6%) 100 (36.4%) 1 1 No 35 22 (62.9%) 13 (37.1%) 0.97 (0.47 to 2.01) 0.928 0.86 (0.39 to 1.86) 0.697 aCrude prevalence ratio is the unadjusted prevalence ratio. bAdjusted logistic regression. Adjusted for geographic region, software used by the clinics, sex, age group, type of clinic, and whether the clinic employs one or more nurses. cMDS 5, MDS 6 and MDS 7 are merged owing to few users. dPartnership clinics. eSolo, shared single and groups of solo GPs sharing clinic facilities.
MDS = marked discharge summaries.
Bold and asterisked = statistically significant.
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