Table 3.
Characteristics of participants and patients’ consultations
| Characteristic |
Patients in each cancer dataset, n (%)
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|---|---|---|---|
| Breast | Colorectal | Lung | |
| Practices, n | 465 | 475 | 476 |
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| Doctors, n | 1836 | 2564 | 2843 |
| GP partners, n (%) | 1635 (89.1) | 2181 (85.1) | 2412 (84.8) |
| Female, n (%) | 971 (52.9) | 1214 (47.3) | 1425 (50.1) |
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| Patients, n | 2955 | 7394 | 8143 |
| Mean age, years (SD) | 66.7 (14.1) | 71.4 (11.3) | 71.5 (10.2) |
| Female, n (%) | 2955 (100.0) | 3442 (46.6) | 3471 (42.6) |
| Mean multimorbidity score (SD) | 1.2 (1.3) | 1.3 (1.3) | 1.3 (1.3) |
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| Patient–doctor consultationsa | |||
| Mean number (SD) | 15.3 (13.7) | 16.6 (13.1) | 19.9 (14.3) |
| Continuity (f′) | 0.58 (0.23) | 0.62 (0.21) | 0.66 (0.18) |
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| Cancer symptoms/signs | |||
| Total | 2989 | 7648 | 8531 |
| Mean (SD) per patient | 1.0 (0.1) | 1.0 (0.2) | 1.1 (0.2) |
| High risk | |||
| - No. (%) by symptom/sign total | 2805 (93.8) | 1507 (19.7) | 647 (7.6) |
| - No. (%) by consultations | 2797 (94.2) | 2528 (34.2) | 636 (7.8) |
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| Median time to referral in days (IQR) | 0 (0–0) | 8 (0–51) | 36 (7–117) |
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| Median time to diagnosis in days (IQR) | 23 (14–42) | 80 (36–174) | 104 (44–223) |
a
During 24 months before diagnosis. IQR = interquartile range. f = fraction-of-care index.