Table 3.

 Results of regression analysis—factors associated with exception reporting rates

Variable	All exceptions			Informed dissent
	Coefficient	P value	95% CI	Coefficient	P value	95% CI
Indicator characteristics
Upper payment threshold (per 1% increase)	−0.09	<0.001	−0.10 to −0.09	−0.02	<0.001	−0.02 to −0.02
Indicator type (intermediate outcome)	−0.05	0.321	−0.15 to 0.05	−0.10	<0.001	−0.14 to −0.07
Maximum points/remuneration available	0.11	<0.001	0.11 to 0.11	0.00	0.045	0.00 to 0.00
No of eligible patients (per 100 increase in disease register size)	−0.63	<0.001	−0.64 to −0.62	−0.04	<0.001	−0.04 to −0.04
Practice characteristics
Maximum points scored in previous year (2007/8)*	−2.33	<0.001	−2.44 to −2.22	−0.33	<0.001	-0.37 to −0.29
% of doctors aged ≥55†	−0.00	<0.001	−0.01 to −0.00	−0.00	0.449	−0.00 to 0.00
% of women doctors†	0.00	0.244	−0.00 to 0.00	−0.00	0.054	−0.00 to 0.00
Personal Medical Services contract	0.17	0.004	0.06 to 0.29	0.01	0.785	−0.05 to 0.07
No of patients (per 1000 increase in list size)†	0.28	<0.001	0.26 to 0.29	0.07	<0.001	0.06 to 0.08
Patient and area characteristics
% of patients aged ≥65†	0.03	<0.001	0.02 to 0.04	0.00	0.327	−0.00 to 0.01
% of female patients†	−0.00	0.987	−0.02 to 0.02	−0.00	0.685	−0.02 to 0.01
% of patients from ethnic minority groups†	−0.00	0.197	−0.01 to 0.00	−0.01	<0.001	−0.01 to −0.00
Population density in locality†	0.00	0.178	−0.00 to 0.00	0.00	<0.001	0.00 to 0.00
Material deprivation in locality‡:
1st fourth (most affluent)	—	—	—	—	—	—
2nd fourth	0.13	0.082	−0.02 to 0.28	0.10	0.021	0.02 to 0.18
3rd fourth	0.44	<0.001	0.27 to 0.60	0.18	<0.001	0.09 to 0.27
4th fourth (most deprived)	0.69	<0.001	0.51 to 0.87	0.33	<0.001	0.23 to 0.42

Based on 37 indicators for which reasons for exception reporting were ascribable (table 1).

*For each specific indicator.

†Data for 2006/7.

‡Measured by index of deprivation 2007.