Table 6.

 Summary values from the Polish study and the large‐scale UK study ⁷

Parameter	Polish study (total n = 7924)	UK study 6 (total n = 23 799)	P
Mean (SD) PEI score	4.0 (3.3)	3.1 (3.4)	<0.001*
Mean (SD) consultation length	10.3 (5.4)	8.0 (4.7)	<0.001†
Mean (SD) knowing the doctor	3.0 (1.1)	3.3 (1.5)	<0.001*
Receipt of prescription (%)	74.0	60.2	<0.001‡
Preference for a different doctor (%)	9.5	10.0	0.22‡

*Mann–Whitney U‐test; Poland vs. UK.

^†Two‐sample t‐test; Poland vs. UK.

^‡Test for equivalence of unpaired proportions (with continuity correction); Poland vs. UK.