Table 2.
Treatment description, stratified by specialty
| Wait List | N | Female (%) | Age (Mean[SD]) | IMD < 4 (%) | QOF (Mean[SD]) |
N Controls (Mean[SD]) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cardiology | 2450 | 47.8 | 56.03 (18.44) | 21.71 | 1.39 (1.25) | 356.12 (430.01) |
| Cardiothoracic surgery | 29 | 48.28 | 49.24 (24.2) | 24.14 | 1.0 (0.95) | 427.21 (453.25) |
| Dermatology service | 1848 | 58.44 | 49.12 (22.38) | 17.91 | 0.83 (1.06) | 593.53 (437.5) |
| Ear nose and throat | 3337 | 58.02 | 49.99 (19.94) | 24.36 | 0.84 (1.04) | 579.81 (438.18) |
| Elderly medicine | 97 | 49.48 | 77.0 (7.69) | 18.56 | 1.67 (1.34) | 200.38 (334.82) |
| Gastroenterology | 2185 | 50.98 | 53.23 (17.38) | 24.58 | 1.06 (1.12) | 494.29 (442.42) |
| General internal medicine | 350 | 53.14 | 49.9 (18.9) | 21.71 | 1.19 (1.18) | 428.0 (447.82) |
| General surgery | 4335 | 61.96 | 53.51 (17.29) | 22.33 | 1.04 (1.17) | 516.13 (447.12) |
| Gynaecology | 4375 | 99.5 | 41.56 (15.07) | 25.69 | 0.67 (0.87) | 694.41 (400.39) |
| Neurology | 1780 | 59.49 | 46.48 (18.2) | 27.36 | 0.99 (1.05) | 507.24 (447.25) |
| Neurosurgical | 555 | 56.22 | 56.45 (16.07) | 24.14 | 1.09 (1.13) | 476.44 (437.39) |
| Ophthalmology | 5718 | 58.17 | 65.15 (18.71) | 21.3 | 1.28 (1.23) | 370.32 (419.9) |
| Oral surgery | 4200 | 55.93 | 31.01 (20.74) | 33.83 | 0.51 (0.86) | 756.32 (387.53) |
| Plastic surgery | 930 | 56.77 | 51.99 (20.9) | 21.18 | 0.84 (1.02) | 563.87 (442.09) |
| Respiratory medicine | 1342 | 47.17 | 54.22 (17.18) | 26.23 | 1.46 (1.18) | 321.3 (404.62) |
| Rheumatology | 1018 | 71.12 | 49.71 (17.63) | 30.26 | 0.99 (1.05) | 513.62 (442.83) |
| Trauma and orthopaedic | 6889 | 53.94 | 56.16 (18.0) | 22.44 | 1.08 (1.14) | 477.08 (440.81) |
| Urology | 3178 | 29.61 | 58.11 (18.79) | 22.34 | 1.14 (1.18) | 446.07 (436.18) |
IMD = Index of Multiple Deprivation. QOF = Quality and Outcomes Framework