Table 5.
Relationship between nurse to GP ratios and number of patients experiencing one or more admissions (rate per no. of patients on the register)
| Asthma | COPD | Diabetes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | β | SE(β) | β | SE(β) | β | SE(β) |
| List size per FTE GP and PN | 0.0090 | 0.0056 | 0.0057 | 0.0043 | -0.0056 | 0.0073 |
| PN to GP Ratio | ||||||
| No Practice nurse | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | |||
| 1st .09 to .32 | -0.0831b | 0.0312 | -0.0066 | 0.0264 | 0.0880a | 0.0426 |
| 2nd .32 to .42 | -0.0995b | 0.0311 | -0.0300 | 0.0265 | 0.0829 | 0.0426 |
| 3rd .42 to .53 | -0.0994b | 0.0313 | -0.0437 | 0.0265 | 0.0445 | 0.0429 |
| 4th .53 to .70 | -0.1062c | 0.0311 | -0.0811b | 0.0265 | 0.0995a | 0.0427 |
| 5th .70 and over | -0.1340c | 0.0314 | -0.0624a | 0.0266 | 0.1002a | 0.0429 |
| χ2 5df | 22.12 | p < .001 | 52.07 | p < .001 | 16.53 | p = .005 |
df: degrees of freedom. a p < .05;b p < .01; c p < .001 (other model parameters estimated as per table 2, not reported)