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. 1998 May 16;316(7143):1502–1505. doi: 10.1136/bmj.316.7143.1502

Table 1.

Patient satisfaction with out of hours service before and after reform. Number (percentage) of respondents to questionnaires sent to random sample of patients contacting the out of hours service in September 1991, September 1992, and January 1995 (response rates were 76%, 75%, 77% respectively)

Year Not satisfied Partly satisfied Satisfied
Old arrangement
1991 (n=465) 59 (13) 89 (19) 317 (68)
New arrangement
1992 (n=325) 90 (28) 71 (22) 164 (51)
1995 (n=1203) 230 (19)  303 (25)  670 (56)