Characteristic |
Intercept | 85.554 | 0.560 | 69.507 | 0.979 |
|
Area |
Density (people per hectare 2001) | –0.153 | 0.123 | –0.193 | 0.203 |
Index of Multiple Deprivation | –0.439c | 0.102 | –0.148 | 0.177 |
|
Patients |
≥65 years of age | –0.328a | 0.144 | –0.781b | 0.249 |
% Member of racial or ethnic minority | –0.184 | 0.153 | 0.295 | 0.253 |
|
Disease prevalence |
Unadjusted prevalence | 0.235 | 0.140 | 0.868c | 0.220 |
|
Practice |
Size of practice population | –0.331c | 0.095 | –0.287a | 0.134 |
List size per FTE GP | –0.036 | 0.077 | –0.124b | 0.046 |
Single-handed practice | 0.830a | 0.335 | 0.416 | 0.472 |
Primary medical services contract | –0.285 | 0.180 | –0.103 | 0.297 |
|
GPs |
≥45 years of age | –0.245a | 0.110 | –0.399c | 0.153 |
% Female GPs | 0.099 | 0.107 | 0.542c | 0.150 |
% GPs qualified in UK | 0.137 | 0.130 | 1.176c | 0.214 |
|
Exception reporting |
Blood pressure recorded | 0.423c | 0.111 | | |
Blood pressure ≤150/90 mmHg | 1.213c | 0.160 | | |
Total cholesterol recorded | | | –0.105 | 0.154 |
Total cholesterol ≤5 mmol/l | | | 5.488c | 0.182 |
|
Practice nurses |
List size per FTE practice nurse (quintiles) | | | | |
1st ≤3038.01 | –0.744 | 0.611 | 2.478b | 0.969 |
2nd 3038.02–3901.48 | –0.761 | 0.606 | 2.045a | 0.979 |
3rd 3901.49–4823.44 | –0.659 | 0.576 | 2.882b | 1.003 |
4th 4823.45–6210.68 | –0.646 | 0.595 | 2.053a | 1.003 |
5th ≥6210.69 | –0.547 | 0.605 | 2.580b | 0.986 |
No practice nurse | 0.000 | | 0.000 | |
|
Global test for effect of nurse staffing –2 log likelihood (IGLS) |
Model without practice nurse variable | 51373.121 | 56880.242 |
Model with practice nurse variable | 51371.082 | 56863.805 |
Difference in log likelihood (5df) | 2.039 | 16.437 |
P-value | 0.84 | 0.0057 |
|
Variance |
PCT level | 2.251 | 0.283 | 10.125 | 1.207 |
Practice level | 39.551 | 0.963 | 81.485 | 2.339 |