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Table 3 Association between covariates and reasons specialist doctors undertake rural outreach services, based on Pearson chi-squared

From: Reasons why specialist doctors undertake rural outreach services: an Australian cross-sectional study

 

Agreement with reasons

Covariate

  

Grow my practice

Maintain personal connection to region

Complex healthcare in challenging situations

Provide healthcare for disadvantaged people

Provide support rural staff

   

n (%)

P

n (%)

P

n (%)

P

n

P

n (%)

P

  

n

304 (54)

 

145 (26)

 

104 (18)

 

70 (12)

 

35 (6)

 

Location

Metropolitan

385

206 (55)

 

112 (30)

 

68 (18)

 

50 (13)

 

27 (7)

 
 

Rural

180

97 (54)

.87

32 (18)

.003

35 (20)

.65

19 (11)

.39

8 (4)

.22

Main practice

Salaried only

196

127 (68)

 

56 (29)

 

27 (14)

 

28 (14)

 

7 (4)

 
 

Fee-for-service

332

158 (48)

<.0001

80 (24)

.22

72 (22)

.027

35 (11)

.20

25 (8)

.07

Outreach location

Inner regional

340

163 (49)

 

96 (29)

 

73 (22)

 

53 (16)

 

27 (8)

 
 

Outer regional/remote

227

141 (64)

.001

49 (22)

.079

31 (14)

.017

17 (8)

.004

8 (4)

.031

Time travelled

<1 h

86

39 (47)

 

18 (21)

 

24 (29)

 

14 (16)

 

9 (10)

 
 

From 1–3 h

342

178 (53)

 

92 (27)

 

60 (18)

 

41 (12)

 

17 (5)

 
 

4+ h

137

86 (66)

.009

34 (26)

.56

19 (14)

.022

14 (10)

.41

9 (7)

.17

Missing

  

14 (3)

 

11 (2)

 

7 (1)

 

7 (1)

 

5 (1)