Reference group | CME-M group | |||
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Study base, Practices, N | 248 | 148 | ||
Proportion of solo practices (95% CI) | 0.60 (0.54;0.66) | 0.30 (0.23;0.38) | ||
GPs per practice, mean (range) | 1.72 (1–5) | 2.60 (1–10) | ||
GPs, N | 425 | 385 | ||
Proportion of males (95% CI) | 0.59 (0.54;0.64) | 0.48 (0.43;0.53) | ||
Mean age (95% CI) | 52.6 (51.7;53.4) | 51.6 (50.8;52.4) | ||
Underlying practice populations, N | 661,805 | 570,926 | ||
Mean list size, patients ≥ 40 yrs. per practice | 1353 | 1920 | ||
Mean list size, patients ≥ 40 yrs. per GP in practice | 787 | 738 | ||
Proportion of male patients aged ≥ 40 yrs. (95% CI) | 0.50 (0.49;0.50) | 0.48 (0.47;0.49) | ||
Age groups (yrs.), proportion of all patients ((%)(95% CI)) | ||||
0–39 | 48.6 (47.4; 49.9) | 49.9 (48.4; 51.3) | ||
40–49 | 14.1 (13.8;14.4) | 14.0 (13.7;14.4) | ||
50–59 | 13.4 (13.0;13.7) | 12.7 (12.2;13.1) | ||
60–69 | 12.5 (12.0;12.9) | 12.1 (11.6;12.6) | ||
70–79 | 7.3 (6.9;7.6) | 7.2 (6.8;7.6) | ||
80–90 | 3.5 (3.3; 3.7) | 3.4 (3.2; 3.6) | ||
Above 90 | 0.76 (0.7; 0.8) | 0.73 (0.7; 0.8) | ||
Mean DADI index (95% CI) | 26.9 (25.9;27.8) | 25.5 (24.4;26.5) | ||
Referred patients (age ≥ 40 yrs.) | Before CME-M, N = 8,388 | After CME-M, N = 8,534 | Before CME-M, N = 7,579 | After CME-M, N = 7,942 |
Proportion of males (95% CI) | 0.47 (0.45;0.48) | 0.45 (0.44;0.46) | 0.44 (0.43;0.46) | 0.44 (0.43;0.45) |
Mean age (95% CI) | 63.0 (62.7;63.3) | 63.1 (62.9;63.4) | 62.6 (62.3;62.9) | 62.8 (62.5;63.1) |
Comorbiditya (%) | ||||
None | 75.5 | 74.8 | 76.2 | 75.2 |
Medium | 20.9 | 21.3 | 19.9 | 21.0 |
High | 3.6 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.8 |