Comparison of being admitted to hospital if seen by a GP in each of the rates of admission quartiles from face-to-face contacts before and after introduction of the new general medical services contract.a
| Referral rate | OR of being admitted | 95% CI | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quartile | Before | After | Before | After | Before | After |
| Lowest | 4.1 | 3.6 | 1.00 | 1.00 | Reference | Reference |
| Second | 7.4 | 7.4 | 1.80 | 2.04 | 1.56 to 2.08 | 1.81 to 2.29 |
| Third | 10.9 | 10.6 | 2.75 | 2.93 | 2.38 to 3.17 | 2.63 to 3.26 |
| Highest | 17.3 | 16.3 | 4.56 | 4.49 | 3.86 to 5.38 | 3.98 to 5.06 |
| Overall rate | 9.54 | 9.50 | ||||
↵a n = 149 GPs before and n = 234 GPs after. OR = odds ratio.