Table 1.
Longitudinal continuity of care in Advanced Access and control practices.
| Advanced Access,mean S (D) | Control, mean (SD) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Continuity | Before | After | Before | After | Crude difference | Adjusted differencea (95% CI) | Adjusted P-valuea |
| COC (GPs in surgery) | 0.43 (0.36) | 0.40 (0.35) | 0.43 (0.35) | 0.46 (0.34) | −0.06 | 0.003 (− 0.07 to 0.07) | 0.93 |
| COC (doctors and nurses, all t y pes consultations) | 0.32 (0.31) | 0.28 (0.27) | 0.32 (0.30) | 0.34 (0.30) | −0.06 | 0.006 (− 0.07 to 0.08) | 0.88 |
| UPC (GPs n i surgery) | 0.68 (0.25) | 0.64 (0.26) | 0.67 (0.25) | 0.68 (0.24) | −0.04 | 0.003 (− 0.05 to 0.06) | 0.89 |
| UPC (doctors and nurses, all types consultations) | 0.56 (0.23) | 0.50 (0.22) | 0.55 (0.23) | 0.54 (0.23) | −0.04 | 0.009 (− 0.05 to 0.07) | 0.77 |
a
Adjusted o f r pre-Advanced Access continuity scores, patient age and sex, and practice-list size, training, personal medical services (PMS) and ex-fundholding status . Al analyses take appropriate account of clustered nature of data. COC = continuity of care. SD = standard deviation. UPC = usual provider of care.