Table 2 Demographic and practice characteristics associated with referral to chiropractic or osteopathy by rural and regional GPs in New South Wales, Australia (n=585*)
Referral to chiropractic or osteopathy | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Demographic characteristics | Weekly or monthly | Seldom or never | p-value | |
% | % | |||
Sex | Male | 50.9 | 58.1 | 0.096 |
Female | 49.1 | 41.9 | ||
Age | 25-34 | 8.3 | 10.0 | 0.539 |
35-44 | 21.3 | 21.9 | ||
45-54 | 37.6 | 38.1 | ||
55-64 | 26.7 | 21.4 | ||
>65 | 6.1 | 8.6 | ||
RRMA | 3 | 27.5 | 30.0 | 0.067 |
4 | 45.6 | 34.8 | ||
5 | 23.5 | 28.1 | ||
6 | 3.5 | 1.4 | ||
7 | 0.0 | 5.7 | ||
Australian graduate? | Yes | 77.6 | 78.6 | 0.786 |
No | 22.4 | 21.4 | ||
Initially from a rural area? | Yes | 36.3 | 25.2 | 0.066 |
No | 63.7 | 74.8 | ||
Patient load (per week) | <50 | 17.3 | 13.8 | 0.001 |
51-100 | 35.5 | 37.1 | ||
101-150 | 24.8 | 38.6 | ||
151-200 | 16.5 | 5.7 | ||
>200 | 5.9 | 4.8 | ||