Controlled and clusteringa RRR | ||||
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Educated | Not-educated | RRR (95% CI) | P-value | |
Population | 284 | 994 | 287 | 552 |
Total GP referrals | 89 (0.31) | 68 (0.23) | 1.34 (0.89 to 2.02) | 0.161b |
GP non-cancer referrals | 60 (0.21) | 53 (0.18) | 1.15 (0.72 to 1.84) | 0.567b |
GP cancer referrals | 29 (0.10) | 15 (0.05) | 2.02 (1.01 to 4.03) | 0.046b |
GP case scenario referralsc | 34 (0.12) | 26 (0.09) | 1.27 (0.73 to 2.21) | 0.038b |
Breast cancer (%) | 13 (52) | 7 (27) | ||
Cystic fibrosis (%) | 9 (27) | 7 (27) | ||
Huntington's disease (%) | 8 (24) | 6 (23) | ||
? Clinical diagnosis (%) | 3 (9) | 6 (23) | ||
GP cancer guideline referralsd | 25 (0.08) | 12 (0.04) | 2.17 (1.04 to 4.52) | 0.038b |
Breast cancer (%) | 13 (52) | 7 (58) | ||
Colorectal cancer (%) | 7 (28) | 2 (17) | ||
Ovarian cancer (%) | 3 (12) | 1 (8) | ||
Breast and ovarian cancer (%) | 2 (8) | 2 (17) | ||
Appropriate GP cancer guideline referralsd | 23 (0.08) | 10 (0.03) | 2.36 (1.07 to 5.24) | 0.035b |
Breast cancer (%) | 13 (57) | 6 (60) | ||
Colorectal cancer (%) | 6 (17) | 2 (20) | ||
Ovarian cancer (%) | 3 (13) | 1 (10) | ||
Breast and ovarian cancer (%) | 1 (4) | 1 (10) |
Educated/Not-educated = referral rate ratio (RRR).
↵a Controlled for age, sex, primary care trust including general practice as a clustering variable.
↵b From Poisson regression in Stata.
↵c Referrals with diagnoses as presented as case scenarios at general practice seminars.
↵d Referrals for cancer diagnoses which met cancer referral guideline criteria.