Table 3. Logistic regression of poor practices’ perceived ability to deal with patients with chronic conditions as a function of physician and practice characteristics (N = 11 376)

		Univariate model			Multivariate model 1^a			Multivariate model 2^b
Category	n	OR	95% CI	P value	OR	95% CI	P value	OR	95% CI	P value
Sex
Male (reference)	7057	1.00	—	—	1.00	—	—	1.00	—	—
Female	5946	1.18	1.08 to 1.29	<0.001	1.12	1.01 to 1.24	0.027	1.15	1.03 to 1.28	0.013
Age, years
≤44 (reference)	4362	1.00	—	—	1.00	—	—	1.00	—	—
45–54	3152	0.81	0.72 to 0.91	0.007	0.84	0.74 to 0.96	0.010	0.98	0.85 to 1.12	0.740
55–64	3807	0.86	0.77 to 0.96	0.007	0.90	0.80 to 1.02	0.114	0.94	0.83 to 1.08	0.417
≥65	1694	0.95	0.83 to 1.10	0.511	0.91	0.77 to 1.07	0.244	1.00	0.84 to 1.19	0.980
Area
City (reference)	5585	1.00	—	—	1.00	—	—	1.00	—	—
Suburb	2676	1.00	0.89 to 1.12	0.964	1.03	0.90 to 1.16	0.680	0.87	0.76 to 1.00	0.053
Small town	2760	0.68	0.60 to 0.77	<0.001	0.78	0.68 to 0.90	<0.001	0.95	0.82 to 1.10	0.500
Rural	1783	0.75	0.65 to 0.87	<0.001	0.87	0.74 to 1.01	0.071	0.93	0.78 to 1.10	0.398
Communication with other HCPs
Yes, often (reference)	8160	1.00	—	—	1.00	—	—	1.00	—	—
Sometimes or rarely	3834	1.58	1.43 to 1.74	<0.001	1.62	1.46 to 1.80	<0.001	1.95	1.74 to 2.18	<0.001
Never	125	2.26	1.53 to 3.33	<0.001	1.91	1.26 to 2.92	0.002	2.87	1.86 to 4.44	<0.001
GP communicates using email
No (reference)	4660	1.00	—	—	1.00	—	—	1.00	—	—
Yes	8024	0.89	0.81 to 0.97	0.010	0.79	0.71 to 0.87	<0.001	0.87	0.76 to 0.99	0.036
Mean consultation time
≤5 minutes to ≤10 minutes (reference)	2703	1.00	—	—	1.00	—	—	1.00	—	—
>10 minutes to ≤15 minutes	4241	1.73	1.50 to 2.00	<0.001	1.75	1.50 to 2.04	<0.001	1.04	0.86 to 1.27	0.662
>15 minutes to ≤20 minutes	3290	2.28	1.97 to 2.63	<0.001	2.37	2.02 to 2.78	<0.001	0.98	0.78 to 1.22	0.838
>20 minutes to ≤90 minutes	2628	2.23	1.92 to 2.59	<0.001	2.18	1.84 to 2.59	<0.001	1.05	0.83 to 1.33	0.671
Practice type
Traditional (reference)	1154	1.00	—	—	1.00	—	—	1.00	—	—
Multidisciplinary	239	0.83	0.71 to 0.96	0.014	0.70	0.59 to 0.84	<0.001	0.99	0.81 to 1.21	0.930
Nurse-centred	244	0.90	0.77 to 1.05	0.179	0.82	0.69 to 0.97	0.023	0.91	0.75 to 1.10	0.320
Psychologist-centred	591	1.54	1.38 to 1.72	<0.001	1.54	1.36 to 1.75	<0.001	1.14	0.98 to 1.32	0.090
Physiotherapist-centred	182	1.72	1.44 to 2.06	<0.001	1.81	1.49 to 2.20	<0.001	1.34	1.08 to 1.67	0.009
Country
Australia (reference)		1.00	—	—	—	—	—	1.00	—	—
Canada		2.10	1.51 to 2.91	<0.001	—	—	—	2.18	1.47 to 3.22	<0.001
France		11.05	7.96 to 15.35	<0.001	—	—	—	15.74	10.67 to 23.22	<0.001
Germany		0.17	0.09 to 0.32	<0.001	—	—	—	0.18	0.08 to 0.39	<0.001
The Netherlands		0.45	0.28 to 0.71	0.001	—	—	—	0.64	0.38 to 1.09	0.098
New Zealand		1.34	0.89 to 2.03	0.160	—	—	—	1.58	0.99 to 2.52	0.056
Norway		1.29	0.87 to 1.92	0.200	—	—	—	2.04	1.29 to 3.25	0.002
Sweden		3.36	2.43 to 4.65	<0.001	—	—	—	4.67	3.10 to 7.04	<0.001
Switzerland		1.46	1.02 to 2.09	0.039	—	—	—	1.49	0.96 to 2.31	0.074
UK		2.17	1.53 to 3.07	<0.001	—	—	—	2.85	1.86 to 4.37	<0.001
US		1.65	1.18 to 2.33	0.004	—	—	—	1.83	1.20 to 2.80	0.005

^aWithout adjusting for countries. ^bAdjusting for individual countries. HCP = healthcare professional. OR = odds ratio.