Table 2 The association between patient’s travel distance to first specialised diagnostic facility and the probability of the GP using “wait-and-see”, “medical treatment” and “referral the same day”(i.e. the diagnostic strategy of the GP) stratified on whether the GP suspected cancer or serious illness or not
Wait-and-seeb | Medical treatmentb | Referred the same dayb | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
GP did suspect cancer or serious illness (n = 2013) | GP did not suspect cancer or serious illness (n = 1084) | GP did suspect cancer or serious illness (n = 2013) | GP did not suspect cancer or serious illness (n = 1084) | GP did suspect cancer or serious illness (n = 2013) | GP did not suspect cancer or serious illness (n = 1084) | |
PRadj (95%CI) | PRadj (95%CI) | PR adj (95%CI) | PRadj (95%CI) | PRadj (95%CI) | PRadj (95%CI) | |
Distancea(km) | ||||||
0–6 | 1 (ref.) | 1 (ref.) | 1 (ref.) | 1 (ref.) | 1 (ref.) | 1 (ref.) |
> 6–18 | 0.95 (0.45–1.91) | 1.48 (1.08–2.04) | 0.92 (0.51–1.64) | 1.25 (0.91–1.72) | 0.97 (0.90–1.04) | 0.82 (0.63–1.08) |
> 18–34 | 0.84 (0.42–1.67) | 1.15 (0.82–1.61) | 0.88 (0.47–1.58) | 1.45 (1.05–1.99) | 0.99 (0.92–1.06) | 0.84 (0.64–1.12) |
> 34–49 | 0.44 (0.16–1.19) | 1.19 (0.84–1.70) | 1.09 (0.58–2.04) | 1.29 (0.89–1.87) | 1.04 (0.97–1.12) | 0.86 (0.62–1.19) |
> 49 | 1.21 (0.52–2.79) | 1.21 (0.81–1.82) | 1.05 (0.50–2.21) | 1.29 (0.88–1.91) | 1.01 (0.92–1.11) | 1.07 (0.78–1.46) |