Strongly agree, n % (95% CI) | Agree, n % (95% CI) | All depends/don't know, n % (95% CI) | Disagree, n % (95% CI) | Strongly disagree, n % (95% CI) | |
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People use accident and emergency departments unnecessarily | 155 | 330 | 336 | 76 | 7 |
17.2 (14.7 to 19.8) | 36.5 (33.4 to 39.7) | 37.2 (34.0 to 40.4) | 8.4 (6.7 to 10.4) | 0.8 (0.3 to 1.6) | |
People use their GP unnecessarily | 127 | 362 | 342 | 65 | 3 |
14.1 (11.9 to 16.6) | 40.3 (37.0 to 43.6) | 38.0 (34.9 to 41.3) | 7.2 (5.6 to 9.1) | 0.3 (0.1 to 1.0) | |
Derived variable | |||||
People use services inappropriately, n; % (95% CI) | |||||
Yesa | 593; 65.6 (62.4 to 68.7) | ||||
No | 311; 34.4 (31.3 to 37.6) |
↵a The derived variable ‘People use services unnecessarily’ was given a value of ‘yes’ if participants stated they strongly agreed or agreed that people used either the GP or A&E services unnecessarily, the remaining responses were placed into the negative category.