Paediatricians characteristics and their association with reaching the target for both the A and B quality indicators (adequate quality)
| Paediatricians characteristics | Paediatricians (%) | ||
| Adequate quality* | p Value† | ||
| Type of prescriber | Low prescriber | 19.2 | <0.001 |
| Mean prescriber | 10.8 | ||
| High prescriber | 5.8 | ||
| Sex | Female | 9.8 | <0.001 |
| Male | 15.6 | ||
| Age (years) | ≤44 | 4.7 | <0.001 |
| 45–59 | 11.4 | ||
| ≥60 | 17.0 | ||
| Number of patients | Low≤645 | 8.2 | 0.031 |
| Mean 646–1076 | 12.9 | ||
| High≥1077 | 7.1 | ||
| Area of residence | Urban area at north of Milan‡ | 39.5 | <0.001 |
| Other areas of the region | 8.2 | ||
*Paediatricians who reached the target for the A and B quality indicators.
†χ2 test.
‡This area includes those that are part of the cluster identified in figure 1.