Baseline characteristics of practices in the cohort, median, (interquartile range), range
| Practice characteristic | Practices with high rates of written documents (n = 17) | Practices with low rates of written documents (n = 21) | All practices (n = 38) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Percentage of patients with long-term conditions reporting written documents (GPPS)a | 27.5 (26.0–30.7) 21.5–40.3 | 10.6 (9.4–11.7) 5.6–13.4 | 12.8 (10.4–26.7) 5.6–40.3 |
| List size b | 6267 (5617–8302) 2540–16 047 | 6521 (3958–8820) 1707–13 604 | 6450 (4043–8820) 1707–16 047 |
| Practices with a General Medical Services contract,c n (%) | 8 (47) | 7 (33) | 15 (39) |
| Index of Multiple Deprivationd | 22.8 (12.2–54.0) 3.8–77.3 | 22.3 (12.3–38.4) 3.3–72.7 | 22.7 (12.2–45.4) 3.3–77.3 |
| Percentage of area population defining themselves as ‘white’e | 96.3 (90.1–98.0) 54.6–99.8 | 94.3 (86.6–97.4) 79.5–99.2 | 95.3 (90.3–98.0) 54.6–99.8 |
| Percentage of practice patients aged ≥65 yearsf | 13.5 (11.6–15.3) 5.6–20.1 | 15.2 (11.2–15.9) 5.9–20.1 | 14.1 (11.2–15.9) 5.6–20.1 |
| Percentage of practice patients who are femalef | 50.0 (49.4–50.1) 40.2–51.5 | 49.9 (47.8–50.8) 44.5–52.4 | 49.9 (48.2–50.8) 40.1–52.4 |
| Long-term condition caseloadg | 0.39 (0.35–0.42) 0.26–0.47 | 0.38 (0.35–0.44) 0.14–0.57 | 0.38 (0.35–0.43) 0.14–0.57 |
| Percentage of patients without a long-term condition reporting health to be ‘poor’ or ‘fair’a | 4.0 (3.0–7.0) 1.0–14.9 | 3.9 (3.0–5.7) 1.0–13.3 | 4.0 (3.0–6.1) 1.0–14.9 |
| Percentage of patients without a long-term condition seeing a practice nurse in last 6 monthsa | 43.6 (36.4–44.4) 27.2–56.1 | 46.5 (40.8–50.9) 31.6–59.3 | 44.4 (37.6–48.8) 27.2–59.3 |
| Percentage of patients without a long-term condition ‘very satisfied’ with care from GP surgerya | 56.0 (43.7–65.6) 33.0–74.7 | 55.7 (44.9–63.5) 34.6–78.5 | 55.9 (43.7–64.4) 33.0–78.5 |
↵a GPPS survey 2009–2010.
↵b Quality and Outcomes Framework 2008–2009.
↵c General Medical Statistics 2006.
↵d Office of National Statistics: Index of Multiple Deprivation 2007.
↵e 2001 UK census.
↵f General Medical Statistics 2009.
↵g Quality and Outcomes Framework 2008/9: derived by summing the registers for all chronic physical conditions in QOF and dividing by list size.