Table 4.
Introducing the referral issue in the consultations and corresponding mean referral rates1
|
GP |
Lowest quartile, |
|
Highest quartile, |
|
All GPs |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
strata |
||||||
|
referral rate |
|
referral rate |
|
|
||
|
<10% , |
|
>=16%, |
|
|
||
|
n = 1102 |
|
n = 1047 |
|
n = 4350 |
||
|
consultations |
|
consultations |
|
consultations |
||
| n = 11 GPs | n = 11 GPs | n = 44 GPs | ||||
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Referral |
Referral |
Referral |
Referral |
Referral |
Referral |
| issue |
rate |
issue |
rate |
issue |
rate |
|
| introduced |
|
introduced |
|
introduced |
|
|
| % |
% |
% |
% |
% |
% |
|
| (95% CI) |
(95% CI) |
(95% CI) |
(95% CI) |
(95% CI) |
(95% CI) |
|
| (n/N) |
(n/N) |
(n/N) |
(n/N) |
(n/N) |
(n/N) |
|
| Referral rate, |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| % |
|
7.8 |
|
20.9 |
|
13.7 |
| (95% CI) |
|
(6.2 – 9.4) |
|
(18.5 –23.4) |
|
(12.7–1 4.7) |
| (n/N) |
|
(86/1102) |
|
(219/1047) |
|
(595/4350) |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Referral |
18.0 |
43.4 |
31.3 |
66.8 |
23.0 |
59.4 |
| issue |
(15.7–20.2) |
(36.5–50.4) |
(28.5- 34.1) |
(61.7–71.9) |
(21.8 - 24.3) |
(56.4 - 62.5) |
| introduced |
(198/1102) |
(86/198) |
(328/1047) |
(219/328) |
(1001/4350) |
(595/1001) |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Referral |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| issue of |
26.3 |
51.9 |
29.0 |
66.3 |
29.4 |
59.5 |
| introduced |
(20.3 - 33.0) |
(38.1–65.7) |
(24.1 - 34.2) |
(56.7 –75.9) |
(26.6 – 32.3) |
(53.9 - 65.2) |
| by patient |
(52/198) |
(27/52) |
(95/328) |
(63/95) |
(294/1001) |
(175/294) |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Referral |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| issue |
73.7 |
40.4 |
71.0 |
67.0 |
70.6 |
59.4 |
| introduced |
(67.0 - 79.7) |
(32.4–48.5) |
(65.8 - 75.9) |
(60.9 –73.4) |
(67.8 - 73.5) |
(55.8 - 63.0) |
| by GP | (146/198) | (59/146) | (233/328) | (156/233) | (707/1001) | (420/707) |
1Comparing strata of GPs, by referral rate.