| Characteristic |
| Intercept | 76.197 | 0.508 |
|
| Area |
| Density (people per hectare 2001) | –0.155 | 0.130 |
| Index of Multiple Deprivation | –0.312b | 0.112 |
|
| Patients |
| ≥65 years of age | –0.455b | 0.158 |
| % Member of racial or ethnic minority | –0.275 | 0.151 |
|
| Disease prevalence |
| Unadjusted prevalence | 0.376b | 0.140 |
|
| Practice |
| Size of practice population | –0.411c | 0.097 |
| List size per FTE GP | –0.132 | 0.105 |
| Single-handed practice | 0.986b | 0.343 |
| Primary medical services contract | –0.449a | 0.184 |
|
| GPs |
| ≥45 years of age | 0.036 | 0.104 |
| % Female GPs | 0.005 | 0.098 |
| % GPs qualified in UK | 0.167 | 0.131 |
|
| Exception reporting |
| Hypertension blood pressure recorded | 0.401c | 0.102 |
| Hypertension blood pressure ≤150/90 mmHg | 0.981c | 0.140 |
|
| Practice nurses |
| List size per FTE practice nurse (quintiles) |
| 1st ≤3038.01 | –0.548 | 0.535 |
| 2nd 3038.02–3901.48 | –0.459 | 0.542 |
| 3rd 3901.49–4823.44 | –0.303 | 0.523 |
| 4th 4823.45–6210.68 | –0.440 | 0.555 |
| 5th ≥6210.69 | –0.490 | 0.559 |
| No practice nurse | 0.000 | |
|
| Global test for effect of nurse staffing –2 log likelihood (IGLS) |
| Model without practice nurse variable | 51490.410 |
| Model with practice nurse variable | 51488.852 |
| Difference in log likelihood (5df) | 1.558 |
| P-value | 0.91 |
|
| Variance |
| PCT level | 3.436 | 0.451 |
| Practice level | 44.371 | 1.038 |