Table 1

Sample profile compared to all Norwegian GPs

Variable
Sample*
GPs in Norway**

Number of GPs
27
3862

Male GPs
67%
68%

Age (mean)
45
47

Current list size (mean)
1110
1196

GPs with open list
31%
46%

* Our data from the questionnaire. The proportions given are calculated on the basis of the total number of answers to each question.

** Data from the Norwegian Labour and Welfare Organisation and the Norwegian Medical Association: Available at http://www.nav.no/page?id=1073743257 and http://www.legeforeningen.no/index.gan?id=124987 Accessed August, 2007.

Carlsen and Norheim BMC Health Services Research 2008 8:218   doi:10.1186/1472-6963-8-218