Table 2.

Proportion of PCPs in each jurisdiction retaining responsibility for follow-up during the diagnostic process in the four direct questions

PCP retains responsibility for:	UK			Non-UK
	Wales	Northern Ireland	England	Europe			Canada		Australasia
	Wales	Northern Ireland	England	Denmark	Norway	Sweden	Manitoba	Ontario	New South Wales	Victoria	New Zealand	P-value^a
Follow-up appointments, %	42	52	41	80	89	93	50	43	27	28	29
% (95% CI)	44.7 (38.2 to 51.2)			56.7 (36.6 to 75.7)								0.27
Test result reconciliation, %	27	33	23	25	29	69	39	19	53	45	38
% (95% CI)	27.2 (22.0 to 32.8)			39.1 (27.5 to 51.4)								0.07
Test result communication, %	77	64	78	72	98	82	89	90	70	73	94
% (95% CI)	73.2 (65.0 to 80.7)			85.1 (76.9 to 91.8)								0.04
Follow-up of non-attenders, %	76	71	85	90	93	93	90	91	96	97	96
% (95% CI)	77.7 (69.0 to 85.4)			93.4 (91.3 to 95.3)								<0.001

↵a Data in bold has a significance level of P≤0.05. CI = confidence interval. PCP = primary care practitioner.