Table 5

Continuity subscores of different subgroups

	Personal continuity				Team/cross-boundary continuity

	GP knows me	GP shows commitment	Specialist knows me	Specialist shows commitment	Between care providers within general practice	Between care providers within hospital	Between GP and specialist
Patients recruited from general practice	3.86 (0.70) (n = 135)	3.45 (0.87) (n = 128)	3.31 (0.82) (n = 75)	2.96 (1.04) (n=92)	4.03 (0.64) (n = 81)	3.61 (0.98) (n = 46)	3.40 (0.80) (n = 59)

Patients recruited from hospital/outpatient department	3.59^b (0.78) (n = 110)	2.97^b (1.07) (n = 110)	3.85^b (0.64) (n = 117)	3.71^b (0.84) (n = 113)	3.44^b (0.82) (n = 56)	3.66 (0.97) (n = 95)	3.20 (0.92) (n = 90)

Patients with a psychiatric illness	3.41 (0.78) (n = 26)	2.72 (1.03) (n = 26)	3.63 (0.81) (n = 23)	3.29 (1.04) (n = 21)	3.60 (0.73) (n=12)	3.40 (1.12) (n = 17)	3.24 (0.64) (n = 20)

Patients with diabetes mellitus	3.77^a (0.74) (n = 214)	3.29^b (0.97) (n = 208)	3.62 (0.76) (n = 171)	3.43 (0.99) (n = 163)	3.83 (0.78) (n = 133)	3.68 (0.95) (n = 124)	3.29 (0.91) (n = 129)

Patients registered in a general practice in a town <40 000 inhabitants	3.81 (0.72) (n = 183)	3.31 (1.00) (n = 175)	3.54 (0.79) (n = 143)	3.33 (1.02) (n = 132)	3.89 (0.74) (n = 115)	3.61 (0.98) (n = 99)	3.35 (0.90) (n = 106)

Patients registered in a general practice in a town >40 000 inhabitants	3.54^a (0.79) (n = 61)	2.97^a (0.93) (n = 62)	3.86^b (0.64) (n = 54)	3.58 (0.90) (n = 55)	3.53^a (0.80) (n = 32)	3.78 (0.93) (n = 41)	3.12 (0.82) (n = 42)

Patients who saw 1 care provider in the last year	4.18 (0.76) (n = 12)	3.85 (0.66) (n = 10)	3.55 (0.07) (n = 2)	3.33 (0.00) (n = 2)	–	–	–

Patients who saw >1 care provider in the last year	3.72^a (0.74) (n = 230)	3.20^a (1.00) (n = 225)	3.64 (0.77) (n = 192)	3.42 (1.00) (n = 182)	3.74 (0.76) (n = 134)	3.66 (n = 0.99) (n = 136)	3.27 (0.88) (n = 144)

Data are shown as mean (SD);
↵a P<0.05;
↵b P<0.01. SD = standard deviation.