Table 1. Median ranks assigned by doctors to discharge summary characteristics and content listed in the survey.

Discharge summary component	Median (IQ) rank		Mann-Whitney U test
	GP	Junior Doctor	p value
Characteristics	n=33	n=32
Accuracy	1 (1, 2)	1 (1, 1)	0.144
Completeness	3 (2, 4)	2 (2, 3)	0.006*
Timeliness	3 (2, 3)	3 (2, 3.75)	0.132
Grammar	3 (2, 4)	4 (3, 4)	0.068
Content	n=35	n=33
Medication prescribed	1 (1, 3)	1 (1, 2)	0.078
Continuation plans	3 (2, 3)	3 (2, 4)	0.728
Medication changes	2 (1, 3)	3 (2, 3)	0.009*
Rationale for changes	3 (3, 4)	3 (3, 4)	0.812

*significance at the 0.05 level