Table 3.
Appointments offered.
| Advanced Access? | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes (n = 162)b | No (n = 79)b | ||||
| Staff member | Mean number of appointments | Mean number of appointments | Difference | 95% CI | P-value |
| GP Appointments | |||||
| Pre-bookable | 34.4 | 51.7 | −17.32 | −25.13 to −9.51 | <0.001 |
| Same day | 24.3 | 10.2 | 14.12 | 8.61 to 19.64 | <0.001 |
| Total | 59.1 | 61.8 | −2.72 | −10.31 to 4.87 | 0.481 |
| Nurse practitioners | |||||
| Pre-bookable | 5.7 | 5.7 | −0.03 | −4.14 to 4.07 | 0.907 |
| Same day | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.04 | −0.66 to 0.75 | 0.867 |
| Total | 6.4 | 6.4 | −0.03 | −4.49 to 4.42 | 0.988 |
| Other nurse | |||||
| Pre-bookable | 25.5 | 36.3 | −10.83 | −17.55 to −4.12 | 0.002 |
| Same day | 3.4 | 1.2 | 2.16 | 0.33 to 4.00 | 0.021 |
| Total | 29.3 | 37.5 | −8.19 | −15.38 to −1.01 | 0.026 |
| Same-day appointments | 28.3 | 12.0 | 16.32 | 10.05 to 22.58 | <0.001 |
| Total appointments offered | 97.6 | 106.3 | −8.76 | −21.28 to 3.75 | 0.169 |
| Unscheduled consultations | 7.6 | 5.7 | 1.84 | −2.00 to 5.68 | 0.345 |
Denominators vary because of missing data. In calculating same day appointments and total appointments practices were only included if they provided data for all relevant variables.
b
Four practices did not respond to the question about use of Advanced Access. Figures are mean number (SD) of appointments per 1000 registered patients.