Table 1 Average number of work hours, duration of consultations, and job satisfaction score of GPs in 33 countries (standard deviation)

Austria

184

43.7 (12.5)

11.7 (12.4)

2.44 (.30)

Belgium

408

51.1 (13.1)

17.7 (5.9)

2.59 (.27)

Bulgaria

223

39.2 (13.5)

17.6 (6.0)

2.44 (.28)

Canada

792

40.4 (11.8)

14.8 (9.2)

2.77 (.30)

Cyprus

71

37.5 (5.8)

18.3 (9.0)

2.81 (.21)

Czech Republic

291

36.2 (8.9)

10.9 (4.8)

2.49 (.23)

Denmark

212

40.9 (7.3)

14.3 (2.1)

2.97 (.27)

England

171

40.1 (10.5)

11.2 (2.1)

2.49 (.32)

Estonia

137

37.8 (10.0)

16.4 (3.8)

2.27 (.23)

Finland

288

35.8 (7.6)

23.8 (6.3)

2.59 (.30)

FYR Macedonia

143

40.8 (3.1)

13.4 (4.8)

2.35 (.26)

Germany

238

49.6 (9.7)

10.6 (4.0)

2.45 (.28)

Greece

220

38.2 (11.2)

14.7 (6.3)

2.62 (.28)

Hungary

222

37.7 (8.6)

8.2 (5.5)

2.17 (.31)

Iceland

80

39.8 (7.0)

19.2 (2.7)

2.50 (.28)

Ireland

169

41.2 (10.4)

12.8 (3.3)

2.60 (.28)

Italy

218

33.5 (12.9)

13.4 (4.0)

2.37 (.30)

Latvia

218

38.9 (9.8)

17.5 (6.6)

2.36 (.23)

Lithuania

225

35.2 (9.3)

15.9 (4.2)

2.27 (.27)

Luxembourg

78

45.6 (11.9)

17.6 (5.0)

2.71 (.23)

Malta

70

46.3 (13.2)

13.0 (4.2)

2.47 (.35)

Netherlands

238

43.0 (10.0)

11.1 (1.7)

2.63 (.25)

New Zealand

168

36.8 (10.5)

14.9 (3.9)

2.68 (.31)

Norway

198

36.1 (10.1)

18.6 (2.8)

2.75 (.27)

Poland

220

38.4 (7.6)

13.7 (5.1)

2.41 (.27)

Portugal

216

40.2 (4.5)

18.1 (6.6)

2.41 (.25)

Romania

220

35.8 (8.0)

16.6 (5.1)

2.38 (.28)

Slovakia

220

37.4 (8.7)

8.9 (3.5)

2.23 (.31)

Slovenia

207

37.4 (6.6)

9.6 (3.1)

2.29 (.27)

Spain

428

35.8 (4.3)

8.5 (4.5)

2.15 (.28)

Sweden

97

34.4 (9.7)

23.9 (5.5)

2.73 (.30)

Switzerland

199

46.5 (11.6)

19.5 (5.8)

2.70 (.28)

Turkey

299

40.8 (4.1)

9.3 (5.6)

2.30 (.28)