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Table 3 Profile of the GPs with the highest number of publications (UK, US and Others).

From: The profile of general practitioners (GPs) who publish in selected family practice journals

 

UK

US

Others

p-value

GPS with time scheduled for research (%)

81.25

90.91

60

0.0266

Days per week attending patients

1.88

2.34

3.02

0.0135

Hours per day attending patients

7.94

6.32

6.97

0.0916

Number of patients attended per week

40.44

29.64

59.73

0.0033

Hours dedicated to research

16.13

20.23

7.85

0.0009

Minutes spent attending each patient

21.36

35.51

28.05

0.0307

Proportion of time dedicated to research

49.76

54.66

24.74

0.0001

University affiliation (%)

93.75

90.91

60

0.0053

Proportion of GPs who teach (%)

50

81.82

70

0.1122