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Practice guidelines for clinical prevention: Do patients, physicians and experts share common ground?
Table 1: Characteristics of the 35 physicians participating
in focus groups |
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| Characteristic |
No. (and %)* |
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| Sex |
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| Women |
20 |
(57) |
| Men |
15 |
(43) |
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Age, yr |
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| 29–34 |
5 |
(14) |
| 35–44 |
21 |
(60) |
| 45–54 |
7 |
(20) |
| 55–64 |
2 |
(6) |
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Country of birth |
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| Canada |
31 |
(89) |
| Other |
4 |
(11) |
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Primary language |
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| French |
32 |
(91) |
| English |
3 |
(9) |
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Location of practice |
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| Montreal |
20 |
(57) |
| Montérégie |
15 |
(43) |
| No. of yrs in practice |
| 5–10 |
9 |
(26) |
| 11–20 |
18 |
(51) |
| > 20 |
8 |
(23) |
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Type of practice |
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| Group |
21 |
(60) |
| CLSC |
10 |
(29) |
| Solo |
4 |
(11) |
| Method of remuneration |
| Mainly fixed honoraria |
6 |
(17) |
| Mainly fee-for-service |
23 |
(66) |
| Mixed |
6 |
(17) |
| Residency in family medicine |
| Yes |
13 |
(37) |
| No |
22 |
(63) |
Participation in a university
teaching program |
| Yes |
7 |
(20) |
| No |
28 |
(80) |
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| *Percentages may not sum to 100 because of rounding. |
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