Table 5 Patients attending for methadone treatment compared to randomly sampled population matched by practice, age, gender and GMS cover.

Chronic illness

52/57

40/57

4.4(1.5–13.0)

8.11(< 0.005)

On recurrent medications

39/57

23/57

3.2(1.5–6.9)

9.05(< 0.005)

Attendance with acute illness ^a

31/57

21/57

2.0(1.0–4.3)

3.54(0.06)

Medication prescribed for acute illness ^a

25/57

15/57

2.2(1.0–4.8)

3.85(0.05)

Attended GP/healthcare professional at practice^b

45/57

27/57

4.2(1.8–9.5)

12.2(< 0.001)

Referred to/attended secondary care ^b

27/57

19/57

1.8(0.8–3.8)

2.33(0.13)

Attended practices' out of hours/deputising service ^b

3/57

5/57

0.6(0.1–2.5)

0.54(0.46)

Has had investigations performed/arranged by practice ^b

10/57

11/57

0.9(0.3–2.3)

0.06(0.81)