Table 1 Baseline characteristics of healthcare centres and healthcare professionals

Primary healthcare centres

 Number

29

30

Region

 Mallorca

14 (48.3%)

16 (53.3%)

 Camp de Tarragona

10 (35.5%)

9 (30.0%)

 Catalunya Central

5 (17.2%)

5 (16.7%)

 Registered patients

408,163 (100%)

466,315 (100%)

 Female patients

204,490 (50.1%)

232,225 (49.8%)

 Patients aged > 65

71,837 (17.6%)

82,538 (17.7%)

 Primary healthcare providers

785 (100%)

844 (100%)

 Primary care doctors

272 (34.6%)

295 (35.0%)

 Primary Care nurses

294 (37.5)

320 (37.9%)

 Other primary care professionals

219 (27.9%)

229 (27.1%)

 Teaching centre

6 (20.7%)

7 (23.3%)

 Morbidity (GMA index) (mean, SD)

1.7 (0.18)

1.7 (0.21)

 Social deprivation (MEDEA index) (mean, SD)

 − 0.21 (0.27)

 − 0.16 (0.38)

 Rurality (DEMAP index) (mean, SD)

 − 1.5 (0.38)

 − 1.3 (0.55)

 Total number of visits in the last 12 months (n)

3,168,916

3,709,479

Healthcare professionals

 Number

540

513

 Age (years (mean (SD))

49.2 (10)

48.2 (10)

 18– < 30 years

19 (3.5%)

16 (3.1%)

 30– < 40 years

87 (16.1%)

94 (18.3%)

 40– < 55 years

236 (43.7%)

243 (47.4%)

 55–69 years

198 (36.7%)

160 (31.2%)

Sex

 Men

104 (19.2%)

96 (18.7%)

 Women

436 (80.7%)

417 (81.3%)

Role

 Doctor

188 (34.8%)

158 (30.8%)

 Nurse

172 (31.9%)

167 (32.6)

 Administrative

85 (15.7%)

88 (17.2%)

 Others

95 (17.6%)

100 (19.4%)

Years at work in the recruited centre

 1 year to < 3 years

121 (22.4%)

120 (23.4%)

 3 years to < 6 years

93 (17.2%)

91 (17.7%)

 6 years to < 11 years

117 (21.7%)

86 (16.8%)

 > 11 years to < 20 years

106 (19.6%)

115 (22.4%)

 ≥ 20 years

103 (19.1%)

102 (19.9%)

Quota (number of patients/doctor)

 ≤ 500

66 (12.2%)

70 (13.7%)

 501–1000

48 (8.9%)

40 (7.81%)

 1001–1500

165 (30.6%)

113 (22.1%)

 1501–2000

181 (33.6%)

173 (33.8%)

 > 2000

79 (14.7%)

116 (22.7%)