CHIME-GP participant sample characteristics by study arm
| Sample characteristic | Prescribing arm | Pathology arm | Imaging arm |
| GP, n | 33 | 32 | 32 |
| GP age*, % | |||
| ≤45 | 41.9 | 38.7 | 37.5 |
| ≥46 | 58.1 | 61.3 | 62.5 |
| GP sex, % | |||
| Female | 39.4 | 31.3 | 37.5 |
| Male | 60.6 | 68.7 | 62.5 |
| Practice size, % | |||
| Small (≤5 GPs) | 39.4 | 37.5 | 37.5 |
| Large (≥6 GPs) | 60.6 | 62.5 | 62.5 |
| Location (RRMA), % | |||
| Metropolitan and Inner Regional (Remoteness Area 1–2) | 75.8 | 62.5 | 68.7 |
| Rural (RA 3–5) | 24.2 | 34.4 | 31.3 |
| Remote (RA 6–7) | 0.0 | 3.1 | 0.0 |
| Socioeconomic index (SEIFA)†, % | |||
| Quintile 1 (lowest 20%) | 24.2 | 31.3 | 31.2 |
| Quintile 2 | 3.0 | 15.6 | 12.5 |
| Quintile 3 | 24.2 | 18.7 | 9.4 |
| Quintile 4 | 12.1 | 21.9 | 18.8 |
| Quintile 5 (highest 20%) | 36.5 | 12.5 | 28.1 |
| Education wave, % | |||
| Wave 1 | 51.5 | 56.2 | 46.9 |
| Wave 2 | 48.5 | 43.8 | 53.1 |
| Consultations‡ | |||
| Patient age, mean (SD) | 48.3 (24.0) | 48.5 (24.1) | 50.4 (24.9) |
| Patient sex, % | |||
| Female | 59.6 | 58.5 | 55.8 |
| Male | 40.4 | 41.5 | 44.2 |
| Intervention consultations, mean (SD) | |||
| Preintervention consultations/GP | 3182.5 (2661.2) | 3514.7 (3904.0) | 2613.3 (1940.3) |
| Postintervention consultations/GP | 3165.8 (2646.5) | 3393.9 (4203.6) | 2474.8 (1989.4) |
*Missing data for age n=3
†SEIFA quintiles of advantage and disadvantage with 5 being the most advantaged and 1 being the least advantaged.
‡Patient data were missing for 0.8%.
CHIME-GP, Clinical and Healthcare Improvement through My Health Record usage and Education in General Practice; GP, general practitioner; RRMA, Rural Remote and Metropolitan Area; SEIFA, Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas.