Table 2 Demographic and practice characteristics associated with referral to CMPs by rural and regional GPs in New South Wales, Australia
Demographic characteristics | Referral to CM practitioners | P value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Weekly or monthly | Seldom or never | |||
(%) | (%) | |||
Sex | Male | 45.9 | 54.4 | 0.210 |
Female | 54.1 | 45.6 | ||
Age | 25-34 | 4.9 | 9.4 | 0.373 |
35-44 | 24.6 | 21.2 | ||
45-54 | 32.8 | 38.4 | ||
55-64 | 32.8 | 23.9 | ||
> 65 | 4.9 | 7.3 | ||
RRMA (Level of rurality) | 3 – Least remote | 31.2 | 28.1 | 0.016 |
4 | 41.0 | 41.8 | ||
5 | 14.8 | 26.3 | ||
6 | 9.8 | 1.9 | ||
7 – Most remote | 3.2 | 1.9 | ||
Australian graduate? | Yes | 78.7 | 77.9 | 0.883 |
No | 21.3 | 22.1 | ||
Initially from a rural area? | Yes | 21.3 | 33.6 | 0.055 |
No | 78.7 | 66.4 | ||
Patient load (per week) | < 50 | 23.0 | 15.3 | 0.369 |
51-100 | 39.3 | 35.7 | ||
101-150 | 23.0 | 30.5 | ||
151-200 | 14.8 | 12.4 | ||
> 200 | 0.0 | 6.1 | ||