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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of all 37 participating general practices from Baden-Wuerttemberg.

From: Primary care-based multifaceted, interdisciplinary medical educational intervention for patients with systolic heart failure: lessons learned from a cluster randomised controlled trial

 

Intervention group (n = 18)

Control group (n = 19)

Practice factors at baseline

Female GPs

3 (17)

4 (21)

Age of GPs in years (SD)

50 (9.4)

50 (5.9)

Certification of GPs since years (SD)

16 (11.4)

15 (7.2)

No. of GPs (whole time equivalent)

  

   Single

9 (50)

11 (57.9)

   Two

8 (44.4)

5 (26.3)

   More than two

1 (5.6)

3 (25.8)

Location

  

   Rural

13 (72.2)

9 (47.4)

   Suburban

2 (11.1)

4 (21.1)

   Urban

3 (16.7)

6 (31.6)

List size (patients per quarter)

  

   0–999

6 (33.3)

3 (15.8)

   1000–1499

5 (27.8)

8 (42.1)

   >1499

7 (38.9)

7 (36.8)

Participation in disease management programmes or quality circles

17/18 (94.4/100)

19/18 (100/94.7)

  1. Values represent number (percentages) of practices unless stated otherwise