Type of appointment obtained by patients in Advanced Access and control practices.
| Groupa | Difference | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Answer | Advanced Access, % | Control, % | Unadjusted odds ratio (OR) | Adjusted OR (95% CI)b | P-valueb | |
| Is this appointment on the day of your choice? | Yes | 90 | 86 | 1.49 | 1.27 (0.88 to 1.83) | 0.20 |
| Is this appointment at a convenient time? | Yes | 95 | 95 | 1.1 | 0.92 (0.64 to 1.31) | 0.64 |
| Did you get this appointment as quickly as you wanted? | Yes | 90 | 85 | 1.51 | 1.31 (0.86 to 2.00) | 0.22 |
| Is this appointment with the particular doctor or nurse that you ideally wanted to see? | Yes | 84 | 83 | 1.11 | 1.16 (0.83 to 1.62) | 0.40 |
| Were you able to book this appointment well in advance? | Yes | 52 | 75 | 0.4 | 0.36 (0.20 to 0.64) | <0.001 |
| Is this appointment with a doctor or nurse? | Doctor | 98 | 95 | 2.24 | 2.50 (0.91 to 6.84) | 0.07 |
| Is this appointment with a male or a female? | Male | 65 | 64 | 1.05 | 1.23 (0.77 to 1.95) | 0.38 |
↵a Percentages are shown of those responding yes, as opposed to no, excluding those who did not know or did not mind, and also excluding missing values.
↵b Logistic regression, adjusted for age, sex, ethnicity, and accommodation status at patient level; and list size, training, personal medical services, and previous fund-holding status at practice level, and accounting for clustering by practice. Full details of the results shown here are given in Supplementary Table 1.