Table 3. An overview of referral patterns for each of the 10 practices included in the study.
Total numbers are shown for the overall practice population and the total patients coded under any of the 3 SP codes (referred, declined, offered). This is then presented as a percentage of the overall practice population. Total numbers and percentages are also provided for each region. Percentage breakdown by SP code is presented for each practice.
| Liverpool | East Lancs | Blackpool | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| practices: | practices: | practices: s | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Total | |
| Practice total | 9335 | 6896 | 7976 | 25043 | 6265 | 4909 | 15054 | 12750 | 12348 | 8147 | 108723 |
| SP total | 759 | 492 | 543 | 146 | 75 | 136 | 347 | 225 | 244 | 119 | 3086 |
| SP practice % | 8.13% | 7.13% | 6.81% | 0.58% | 1.20% | 2.77% | 2.31% | 1.76% | 1.98% | 1.46% | |
| Regional total | 24207 | 51271 | 33245 | 108723 | |||||||
| Regional SP total | 1794 | 704 | 588 | 3086 | |||||||
| Regional SP % | 7.41% | 1.37% | 1.77% | ||||||||
| % Referred | 44% | 28% | 26% | 75% | 76% | 68% | 34% | 25% | 28% | 19% | |
| % Offered | 4% | 60% | 46% | 23% | 20% | 21% | 59% | 61% | 62% | 67% | |
| % Declined | 52% | 12% | 28% | 3% | 4% | 12% | 7% | 14% | 10% | 13% | |