Appendix 3.

Number of full-time equivalent physicians in excluded practices, 2004–2005 to 2006–2007

		Year 1 (2004–2005)			Year 2 (2005–2006)			Year 3 (2006–2007)
Number of patients	Group	Number of practices	% of practices	Number of FTE GPs	Number of practices	% of practices	Number of FTE GPs	Number of practices	% of practices	Number of FTE GPs
Missing	0	359	28.0	397	424	33.1	268	457	35.7	124
1000–1999	1	154	12.0	132	125	9.8	111	107	8.4	89
2000–2999	2	257	20.1	281	202	15.8	226	171	13.3	167
3000–3999	3	137	10.7	205	120	9.36	175	106	8.3	151
4000–5999	4	148	11.5	347	165	12.9	378	173	13.5	387
6000–7999	5	89	6.9	341	92	7.2	341	97	7.6	369
8000–9999	6	58	4.5	261	70	5.5	322	70	5.5	351
10 000–11 999	7	37	2.9	230	31	2.4	207	41	3.2	259
≥12 000	8	43	3.4	369	53	4.1	480	60	4.7	580
Total		1282	100.0	2563	1282	100.0	2508	1282	100.0	2477

FTE = full-time equivalent.