Table 1 Sample characteristics
Gender (N = 409) | |
Female | 186 (45.5%) |
Male | 220 (53.8%) |
Other | 3 (0.7%) |
Age (N = 403) | |
Under 35 years | 8 (2.0%) |
35 to 44 years | 74 (18.4%) |
45 to 54 years | 123 (30.5%) |
55 to 64 years | 165 (40.9%) |
Over 64 years | 33 (8.2%) |
Patient’s visits | |
Average number of patients per quarter (N = 383) | Mean: 1,285 (SD: 799) |
Average number of Covid-19 patients (N = 377) | Mean: 32 (SD: 54.9) |
Employees in practice | |
MD in office (N = 397) | Mean: 1.43 (SD: 1.60) |
Nurses and/or assistance (N = 398) | Mean: 2.99 (SD: 4.27) |
Job satisfaction since Covid-19 (N = 420) | |
Very satisfied | 66 (15.7%) |
Satisfied | 232 (55.2%) |
Unsatisfied | 102 (24.3%) |
Very unsatisfied | 20 (4.8%) |
Practice setting (N= 410) | |
Rural region (up to 15,000 inhabitants) | 344 (83.9%) |
Urban region (15,000 inhabitants or more) | 66 (16.1%) |
Type of practice (N = 413)a | |
Privately owned (with public insurance contract) | 279 |
Privately owned (non public insurance contract) | 88 |
Group practice (with public insurance contract) | 28 |
Group practice (non public insurance contract) | 11 |
Primary Health Care Centre | 7 |
Network | 5 |
Other | 13 |
Amount of care (Overuse, underuse, or misuse) (n = 420) | |
Much too low | 51 (12.1%) |
Too low | 253 (60.2%) |
Just right | 75 (17.9%) |
Too much | 5 (1.2%) |
Way too much | 1 (0.2%) |
Can not judge | 35 (8.3%) |
Amount of people not receive needed care (n = 420) | |
Almost all (> 80%) | 7 (1.7%) |
Most (60–80%) | 25 (6.0%) |
About Half (~ 50%) | 69 (16.4%) |
Some (20–40%) | 175 (41.7%) |
Few (< 20%) | 124 (29.5%) |
Can not judge | 20 (4.8%) |
Depended Variable: How did the quality of care changed for your patients since the breakout of Covid-19? | |
Overall (N = 420) | |
‘Getting better’ | 27 (6.4%) |
‘Remain the same’ | 198 (46.4%) |
‘Deteriorate’ | 195 (47.2%) |
Spring (n= 104) | |
‘Getting better’ | 4 (3.8%) |
‘Remain the same’ | 47 (45.2%) |
‘Deteriorate’ | 53 (51.0%) |
Summer (n = 147) | |
‘Getting better’ | 7 (4.8%) |
‘Remain the same’ | 75 (51.0%) |
‘Deteriorate’ | 65 (44.2%) |
Winter (n = 169) | |
‘Getting better’ | 16 (9.5%) |
‘Remain the same’ | 73 (43.2%) |
‘Deteriorate’ | 80 (47.3%) |