Continuity of care (COC) in Advanced Access and control practices.
| Advanced Access, mean (SD) | Control, mean (SD) | Crude difference | Adjusted differencea (95% CI) | Adjusted P-valuea | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-period | Post-period | Pre-period | Post-period | ||||
| COC index (doctors in surgery) | 0.43 (0.36) | 0.40 (0.35) | 0.43 (0.35) | 0.46 (0.34) | −0.06 | 0.003 (−0.07 to 0.07) | 0.93 |
| COC index (doctors and nurses, all types consultations) | 0.32 (0.31) | 0.28 (0.27) | 0.32 (0.30) | 0.34 (0.30) | −0.06 | 0.006 (−0.07 to 0.08) | 0.88 |
↵a Adjusted for pre-period Advanced Access continuity scores, patient age and sex, and practice list size, training, contract type, and previous fund-holding status. All analyses take appropriate account of clustering by practice.