Table 1. Responders’ general sociodemographic characteristics and practice compositions in the 11 countries included in the 2019 Commonwealth Fund International Health Policy Survey of Primary Care Physicians (weighted data)

Category	Australia	Canada	France	Germany	Netherlands	New Zealand	Norway	Sweden	Switzerland	UK	US	Total (n) and average (%)
Participants, n	500	2569	1287	809	788	503	661	2411	1095	1001	1576	13 200
Response rate, %	14.5	39.3	20.0	14.7	48.7	16.2	33.8	42.2	42.8	26.8	21.2	29.1
Sex, %
Male	54.9	54.0	62.5	54.6	47.7	44.9	56.2	48.8	59.4	53.9	55.1	53.9
Female	45.1	45.9	37.5	45.3	52.2	55.0	43.7	51.1	40.5	46.0	44.8	46.0
Age, years, %
≤44	39.0	34.2	19.2	1.7	40.8	32.3	46.8	39.6	20.3	57.5	30.8	34.0
45–64	46.8	50.3	62.7	66.5	56.9	55.5	44.2	47.4	62.2	36.2	51.3	52.2
≥65	14.2	15.3	17.9	16.7	2.1	12.1	8.8	12.9	17.4	6.2	17.7	13.7
Percentage of practices including
Nurses	90.8	68.2	50.0	23.7	35.2	99.1	50.2	98.6	20.9	99.5	72.0	64.4
Advanced practice nurses	16.2	36.9	0	2.9	13.6	35.4	12.6	93.7	5.2	63.4	61.1	31.0
Medical assistants	3.2	11.7	0	97.5	96.1	14.3	97.6	25.6	90.8	12.8	38.6	44.4
Nutritionists	53.2	45.0	21.2	16.7	31.5	16.3	6.1	58.0	18.3	16.6	34.2	28.8
Pharmacists	32.9	52.1	0	1.7	25.6	51.3	6.3	19.3	2.8	73.1	35.0	27.3
Psychologists	57.8	43.3	31.0	6.4	94.9	36.3	16.5	96.3	15.3	31.5	35.8	42.3
Physiotherapists	44.3	28.5	37.1	4.7	21.0	31.2	22.2	76.3	11.4	26.1	25.7	29.9
Social workers	7.9	44.2	15.7	0.9	8.6	17.1	7.9	0	2.3	17.2	39.6	14.7