Table 1.

Characteristics of general practices and their populations in England, 2014–2015 (n = 7478)

	Mean value	SD	95% CIs
Practice list size	7301	4376	2080 to 15 017
List size per FTE GP^a	1794	684.8	963 to 3142
Total FTE GP^a	4.22	2.74	1.00 to 9.06
Proportion GP partners as a total of all GPs, %^a	71.3	27.3	23.8 to 100.0
Proportion of GPs aged ≥60 years, %^a	14.8	26.69	0.00 to 100.0
Total practice staff, FTE^a	11.5	7.4	3.3 to 24.5
Proportion nurse, FTE, %^a	16.4	6.4	7.3 to 26.7
Proportion of postgraduate GP training practices, %^a	25.2	43.4	0.0 to 100.0
Proportion of dispensing practices, %^a	14.5	35.2	0.0 to 100.0
Carr-Hill nursing and residential home patient index^a	1.00	0.01	1.00 to 1.00
Carr-Hill practice average longstanding illness index^a	102.4	21.8	71.2 to 139.9
IMD 2015 score^a	23.7	11.8	8.2 to 46.2
Black/black British, %^a	4.1	6.6	0.10 to 19.7
Asian/Asian British, %^a	9.1	13.4	0.5 to 41.2
Age 0–4 years, %^a	6.1	1.7	3.7 to 9.2
Age 65–74 years, %^a	9.2	3.5	3.4 to 14.8
Age ≥75 years, %^a	7.6	3.3	2.6 to 12.8
Practice A&E attendance rate, per 1000 registered patients, per year	324.9	114.8	187.1 to 527.0
Practice emergency hospital admissions rate, per 1000 registered patients, per year	88.8	25.8	54.3 to 129.7
Practice ACSC hospital admission rate, per 1000 registered patients, per year	15.6	5.8	8.1 to 25.4
Practice outpatient attendance rate, per 1000 registered patients, per year	64.9	16.4	43.9 to 91.9
Total QOF points	530.4	38.4	457.7 to 559.0
Overall experience of GP surgery ‘very good’ (GPPS), %	49.3	14.2	26.4 to 73.4

↵a Predictor variables included in regression models. Also included in models, but not shown in table above, region (London, South of England, Midlands, North of England). A&E = accident and emergency. ACSC = ambulatory care sensitive conditions. FTE = full–time equivalent. GPPS = General Practice Patient Survey. IMD = Index of Multiple Deprivation. QOF = Quality and Outcomes Framework. SD = standard deviation.