Table 1.
Key characteristics of sample practices
| Enhanced Service for Alcohol Status | Size of Practice | Index of Multiple Deprivation | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ID | No Enhanced Service | DES only | DES + LES | Number of registered patients* | No. GPs | Quintile (1st = most) | |
| Area A | P01 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1,400 | 5 | 1st |
| P02 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16,500 | 13 | 2nd | |
| P03 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7,600 | 8 | 4th | |
| P04 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8,000 | 6 | 1st | |
| P05 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9,800 | 10 | 3rd | |
| P06 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3,000 | 2 | 2nd | |
| P07 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6,800 | 7 | 3rd | |
| P08 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 600 | 3 | 1st | |
| P09 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8,800 | 7 | 4th | |
| Area B | P10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4,900 | 4 | 1st |
| P11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1,200 | 4 | 1st | |
| P12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3,100 | 4 | 1st | |
| P13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4,800 | 4 | 1st | |
| P14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6,200 | 5 | 2nd | |
| P15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7,500 | 5 | 1st | |
| P16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16,500 | 12 | 3rd | |
| TOTALS | 4 | 5 | 7 | 106,700 | 99 | - | |
* All registered adult patients; totals rounded to nearest 100 to preserve practice anonymity