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Table 3 Individual characteristics of patient participants and non-participants

From: Personal continuity and access in UK general practice: a qualitative study of general practitioners' and patients' perceptions of when and how they matter

 

No of patients participating (n = 32)

No of patients declining to take part (n = 11)

Age

9

Not known

20–44

11

 

45–64

12

 

65 and over

  

Sex

  

Female

17

5

Male

15

6

Patient's current preference for seeing particular GPs +

  

Currently preferred to see the interviewed GP

16

Not known

Currently preferred to see another GP

5

 

Didn't have a preferred GP at time of study

7

 

Patient's estimate of no of consultations in the last year +

  

0

1

Not known

1–4

12

 

5–9

12

 

10 or more

3

 
  1. + Only for patients in main phase of study