Proportion of PCPs choosing to retain responsibility for patient follow-up after a test is requested, by vignette and jurisdiction
| UK | Non-UK | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wales | Northern Ireland | England | Europe | Canada | Australasia | |||||||
| Denmark | Norway | Sweden | Manitoba | Ontario | New South Wales | Victoria | New Zealand | P-valuea | ||||
| GP retains responsibility for follow-up when a test is requested, % | ||||||||||||
| Colorectal cancer vignette 1 | 18 | 24 | 30 | 16 | 70 | 79 | 51 | 48 | 23 | 20 | 57 | |
| % (95% CI) | 24.9 (17.7 to 32.8) | 44.8 (29.6 to 60.4) | 0.02 | |||||||||
| Colorectal cancer vignette 2 | 14 | 44 | 24 | 14 | 74 | 82 | 55 | 42 | 24 | 17 | 62 | |
| % (95% CI) | 25.9 (10.5 to 45.1) | 45.7 (27.8 to 64.3) | 0.14 | |||||||||
| Lung cancer vignette 3 | 23 | 29 | 22 | 13 | 77 | 83 | 66 | 60 | 23 | 25 | 69 | |
| % (95% CI) | 23.6 (17.6 to 30.2) | 51.7 (32.5 to 70.6) | 0.01 | |||||||||
| Lung cancer vignette 4 | 50 | 0 | 50 | 17 | 100 | 100 | 72 | 80 | 40 | 29 | 71 | |
| % (95% CI) | 45.4 (15.3 to 77.0) | 70.0 (44.1 to 91.0) | 0.19 | |||||||||
| Ovarian cancer vignette 5 | 26 | 30 | 30 | 13 | 66 | 59 | 51 | 57 | 27 | 22 | 73 | |
| % (95% CI) | 28.5 (21.2 to 36.4) | 45.2 (30.4 to 60.4) | 0.05 | |||||||||
↵a Data in bold has a significance level of P≤0.05. CI = confidence interval. PCP = primary care practitioner.