Table 1. Participant characteristics
Mean (range) n (%)
Sex (n = 25)
 Male13 (52)
 Female12 (48)
Age, years (n = 25)
 30–3951 (34–62)3 (12)
 40–497 (28)
 50–5911 (44)
 60–694 (16)
Practice location (n = 25)
 Major city7 (28)
 Inner regional13 (52)
 Outer regional4 (16)
 Remote1 (4)
Years practising as GP (n = 2 4 )
 <1019 (3–38)7 (29)
 10–194 (17)
 20–295 (21)
 ≥308 (33)
Hours worked per week (n = 25)
 <3539 (21–60)9 (36)
 35–447 (28)
 45–546 (24)
 ≥553 (12)
Travel time to work, one way, minutes (n = 25)
 <1016 (3–75)9 (36)
 10–2912 (48)
 30–593 (12)
 ≥601 (4)
Employment (n = 25)
 Principal10 (40)
 Employee5 (20)
 Associate or contractor10 (40)
Language spoken when practising (n = 25)
 English only21 (84)
 English and other4 (16)
Postgraduate education in palliative care (n = 25)
 Yes1 (4)
 No24 (96)
Country of medical degree (n = 25)
 Australia19 (76)
 Other6 (24)
GP fellowships (n = 25)a
 Royal Australian College of GPs19 (76)
 Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine2 (8)
 None6 (24)
  • a Totals add to more than 100% as GPs may be fellows of more than one college (that is, associations that bring together medical practitioners of a particular medical subspecialty or geographical area).