Table 4.

Predicted utilisation of general practitioner time (minutes per resident per week) by type of communal establishment

Type of accommodation	Main estimate (No of minutes (SE))*		Sensitivity analysis
			90% of consultations in clinics	All visits to a single patient
Local authority homes	3.45 (0.41)		2.74	4.82
Voluntary residential homes	3.22 (0.23)		2.75	4.43
Voluntary nursing homes	8.95 (0.54)		6.98	12.75
Private residential homes	3.85 (0.39)		3.06	5.37
Private nursing homes	6.01 (0.52)		4.74	8.46

Sample size=2319.  

^*Average visit to home involves consultations with five residents.