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Table 3 Comparability of practitioners and practices

From: Educational outreach to general practitioners reduces children's asthma symptoms: a cluster randomised controlled trial

 

Intervention

Control

p-value

 

(21 practices)

(22 practices)

 

Up to 10 years since physician registered

9

1

0.1*

11–20 years since registration

11

9

 

More than 20 years since registration

12

13

 

Male physicians

24

21

0.17†

Female physicians

8

2

 

0 – 5 children with asthma in practice

12

14

0.76†

>5 children with asthma in practice

9

8

 
  1. *Chi square = 5.3
  2. †Fisher's exact test