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Table 2 Characteristics associated with the consultation including a chronic disease
| Chronic disease | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | Class | No (n = 33921) | Yes (n = 14191) | P-value |
| Registrar’s (trainees’) training term | Term1 | 13590 (71%) | 5630 (29%) | 0.12 |
| Term 2 | 11987 (72%) | 4690 (28%) | ||
| Term 3 | 6281 (69%) | 2833 (31%) | ||
| Term 4 | 2063 (67%) | 1038 (33%) | ||
| Registrar gender | Male | 11171 (71%) | 4584 (29%) | 0.54 |
| Female | 22750 (70%) | 9607 (30%) | ||
| Pathway registrar enrolled in | General | 26199 (71%) | 10945 (29%) | 0.51 |
| Rural | 7609 (71%) | 3180 (29%) | ||
| Qualified as a doctor in Australia | No | 9488 (71%) | 3805 (29%) | 0.63 |
| Yes | 24096 (70%) | 10264 (30%) | ||
| Registrar works fulltime | No | 7013 (70%) | 2996 (30%) | 0.30 |
| Yes | 26378 (71%) | 11004 (29%) | ||
| Registrar age (years) | mean (SD) | 32.9 (6.9) | 32.8 (6.7) | 0.82 |
| Registrar year of graduation | mean (SD) | 2004 (6) | 2004 (6) | 0.43 |
| Registrar worked at the practice previously | No | 22514 (72%) | 8810 (28%) | 0.049 |
| Yes | 8660 (68%) | 4061 (32%) | ||
| Does the practice routinely bulk bill | No | 28318 (71%) | 11737 (29%) | <0.001 |
| Yes | 5000 (69%) | 2271 (31%) | ||
| Number of GPs working at the practice | 1-4 | 10182 (67%) | 4940 (33%) | <0.001 |
| 5-9 | 18394 (71%) | 7370 (29%) | ||
| Ten or more | 4777 (74%) | 1705 (26%) | ||
| Rurality of practice | Major city | 19023 (72%) | 7305 (28%) | <0.001 |
| Inner regional | 10966 (69%) | 4965 (31%) | ||
| Outer regional or Remote | 3846 (67%) | 1898 (33%) | ||
| SEIFA Index (decile) of practice | mean (SD) | 6.11 (2.48) | 5.82 (2.44) | <0.001 |
| Patient age (years) | <20 | 9552 (87%) | 1374 (13%) | <0.001 |
| 20 to <40 | 9839 (76%) | 3093 (24%) | ||
| 40 to <60 | 7916 (63%) | 4609 (37%) | ||
| 60 to <80 | 4798 (56%) | 3827 (44%) | ||
| 80+ | 1354 (56%) | 1070 (44%) | ||
| Patient gender | Male | 12746 (70%) | 5416 (30%) | 0.088 |
| Female | 20524 (71%) | 8479 (29%) | ||
| Patient aboriginal or torres strait islander | No | 33619 (71%) | 14034 (29%) | 0.96 |
| Yes | 302 (66%) | 157 (34%) | ||
| New patient to the registrar and/or practice | Seen registrar before | 13167 (64%) | 7464 (36%) | <0.001 |
| New patient to registrar | 18110 (75%) | 5949 (25%) | ||
| New patient to practice | 2644 (77%) | 778 (23%) | ||
| Patient by practice nurse seen during consultation | No | 33211 (70%) | 13898 (30%) | 0.073 |
| Yes | 710 (71%) | 293 (29%) | ||
| Any referral made during consultation | No | 29340 (73%) | 10839 (27%) | <0.001 |
| Yes | 4581 (58%) | 3352 (42%) | ||
| Registrar generated learning goals | No | 27286 (72%) | 10381 (28%) | <0.001 |
| Yes | 5919 (62%) | 3559 (38%) | ||
| Registrar sought assistance from any source during consultation | No | 28337 (71%) | 11487 (29%) | <0.001 |
| Yes | 5584 (67%) | 2704 (33%) | ||
| Duration of consultation (hours) | mean (SD) | 0.26 (0.14) | 0.32 (0.17) | <0.001 |
| Number of problems addressed during consultation | mean (SD) | 1.37 (0.66) | 2.00 (0.95) | <0.001 |
| Number of pathology tests ordered | mean (SD) | 0.69 (1.87) | 1.09 (2.28) | <0.001 |
| Number of imaging tests ordered | mean (SD) | 0.13 (0.39) | 0.16 (0.44) | <0.001 |
