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Table 3 Practice characteristics of practices in 7 categories for use of hospital services

From: Exploration of population and practice characteristics explaining differences between practices in the proportion of hospital admissions that are emergencies

Category

Mean

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

  

Percentage of admissions that were emergency

 

<36%

36-40%

41-45%

46-50%

51-55%

56-60%

>60%

  

n

229

22

51

60

35

30

18

13

beta

p

Practice List Size

7618 (6986–8250)

7584 (5809–9359)

9563 (8121–11005)

9078 (7723–10433)

6939 (5571–8306)

5429 (4137–6721)

5503 (3680–7326)

3264 (889.6-5639)

−6.213E0.006

<0.001

Coronary Heart Disease Prevalence Proportion

0.031 (0.029-0.032)

0.030 (0.033-0.032)

0.032 (0.031-0.034)

0.033 (0.031-0.035)

0.031 (0.027-0.034)

0.029 (0.026-0.032)

0.027 (0.024-0.031)

0.021 (0.014-0.027)

−3.691

<0.001

Coronary Heart Disease Prevalence Gap

0.012 (0.011-0.013)

0.010 (0.008-0.013)

0.011 (0.009-0.012)

0.011 (0.009-0.012)

0.012 (0.010-0.014)

0.015 (0.012-0.018)

0.017 (0.013-0.020)

0.013 (0.008-0.018)

3.348

<0.001

Hypertension Prevalence Proportion

0.134 (0.129-0.138)

0.145 (0.134-0.156)

0.144 (0.137-0.150)

0.139 (0.133-0.145)

0.137 (0.123-0.150)

0.126 (0.0.112-0.139)

0.114 (0.099-0.130)

0.0871 (0.059-0.115)

−1.061

<0.001

Hypertension Prevalence Gap

0.104 (0.101-0.107)

0.100 (0.071-0.131)

0.106 (0.101-0.011)

0.110 (0.076-0.153)

0.097 (0.055-0.139)

0.100 (0.090-0.105)

0.100 (0.090-0.110)

0.104 (0.090-0.111)

−0.332

0.186

Stroke Prevalence

0.015 (0.014-0.015)

0.015 (0.014-0.017)

0.016 (0.015-0.017)

0.017 (0.016-0.017)

0.015 (0.013-0.017)

0.013 (0.012-0.015)

0.013 (0.010-0.015)

0.008 (0.005-0.011)

−7.939

<0.001

Stroke Prevalence Gap

0.004 (0.003-0.004)

0.003 (0.001-0.005)

0.003 (0.002-0.004)

0.003 (0.002-0.004)

0.003 (0.002-0.004)

0.005 (0.003-0.006)

0.005 (0.003-0.007)

0.007 (0.005-0.010)

6.628

<0.001

Total Quality Outcomes Framework Proportion

0.948 (0.943-0.954)

0.971 (0.964-0.979)

0.954 (0.946-0.962)

0.953 (0.945-0.961)

0.952 (0.931-0.969)

0.948 (0.933-0.962)

0.919 (0.902-0.937)

0.897 (0.847-0.946)

−0.730

<0.001

Clinical Quality Outcomes Framework Proportion

0.971 (0.965-0.976)

0.991 (0.988-0.995)

0.974 (0.965-0.984)

0.977 (0.970-0.984)

0.972 (0.954-0.989)

0.972 (0.957-0.987)

0.989 (0.926-0.971)

0.920 (0.873-0.967)

−0.681

<0.001

Proportion seen by GP within 2 Working Days

0.819 (0.806-0.832)

0.842 (0.801-0.883)

0.814 (0.788-0.840)

0.826 (0.801-0.850)

0.846 (0.811-0.881)

0.788 (0.747-0.829)

0.776 (0.722-0.830)

0.833 (0.750-0.916)

−0.068

0.228

Proportion able to see their Preferred Doctor

0.686 (0.666-0.708)

0.772 (0.716-0.827)

0.702 (0.662-0.742)

0.703 (0.658-0.747)

0.673 (0.614-0.732)

0.630 (0.556-0.703)

0.620 (0.522-0.718)

0.644 (0.515-0.772)

−0,116

<0.001

GPs / 1000 ( mean )

0.737 (0.361-1.375)

0.720 (0.360-2.720)

0.587 (0.406-0.844)

0.632 (0.369-0.934)

0.605 (0.282-1.205)

0.787 (0.285-3.250)

0.649 (0.244-1.009)

1.220 (0.309-2.635)

0.045

<0.001

  1. Means (95% CIs). N = 229.