Table 3.
Characteristics of participating and non-participating practices.
| Variable | Participating practice (N = 14) |
Non-participating practice (N = 15) | P value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | (95% CI) | Mean | (95% CI) | ||
| Practice profile | |||||
| Practice list size | 5310 | (3500, 7121)) | 5407 | (3649, 7165) | 0.63 |
| GP appointments/week | 456 | (419, 493) | - | - | - |
| Total number of staff | 28.3 | (27.1, 29.4) | - | - | - |
| General practitioners | 5.3 | (4.9, 5.7) | - | - | - |
| Practice nurse | 3.4 | (3.3, 3.6) | - | - | - |
| Administrative staff | 11.0 | (10.4, 11.5) | - | - | - |
| Community nurse | 5.0 | (4.7, 5.3) | - | - | - |
| Other professionals | 3.6 | (3.4, 3.9) | - | - | - |
| Number of Partners | 3.0 | (2.7, 3.2) | - | - | - |
| Partner's sessions/week | 6.3 | (5.9, 6.7) | - | - | - |
| Number of Salaried GPs | 2.3 | (2.1, 2.5) | - | - | - |
| Salaried GP sessions/week | 5.6 | (5.3, 6.0) | - | - | - |
| PN sessions/week | 7.2 | (7.0, 7.4) | - | - | - |
| Team climate | |||||
| Total TCI scores | 50.40 | (48.02, 52.57) | - | - | - |
| Vision | 14.15 | (13.78, 14.53) | - | - | - |
| Participatory safety | 15.17 | (14.77, 15.57) | - | - | - |
| Task orientation | 10.05 | (9.77, 10.33) | - | - | - |
| Support for innovation | 11.03 | (10.76, 11.30) | - | - | - |
| QOF scores | |||||
| Total QOF | 958.27 | (936.45, 980.10) | 964.51 | (941.54, 987.47) | 0.66 |
| Clinical domains | 624.20 | (605.73, 642.67) | 634.23 | (616.44, 652.02) | 0.80 |
| Organisational domains | 172.75 | (169.32, 176.18) | 172.04 | (170.50, 175.37) | 0.54 |
| Holistic care | 17.52 | (15.45, 19.59) | 17.99 | (17.72, 20.25) | 0.63 |
| Disease prevalence | |||||
| CHD (%) | 5.24 | (4.89, 5.60) | 4.81 | (4.32, 5.30) | 0.07 |
| Stroke (%) | 2.34 | (2.13, 2.55) | 2.10 | (1.85, 2.34) | 0.06 |
| Hypertension (%) | 15.93 | (14.21, 17.65) | 14.23 | (12.52, 15.94) | 0.07 |
| Diabetes mellitus (%) | 4.40 | (4.14, 4.67) | 4.18 | (3.87, 4.50) | 0.13 |
| COPD (%) | 3.03 | (2.33, 3.74) | 2.81 | (2.31, 3.31) | 0.29 |
| Asthma (%) | 5.53 | (4.93, 6.13) | 5.24 | (4.78, 5.71) | 0.21 |
| Heart failure (%) | 2.73 | (1.94, 3.52) | 2.77 | (1.76, 3.78) | 0.53 |
CHD = Coronary Heart Disease; COPD = Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease