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. 2018 Apr 24;68(670):e323–e332. doi: 10.3399/bjgp18X695813

Table 2.

Proportion of PCPs in each jurisdiction retaining responsibility for follow-up during the diagnostic process in the four direct questions

PCP retains responsibility for: UK Non-UK
Wales Northern Ireland England Europe Canada Australasia
Denmark Norway Sweden Manitoba Ontario New South Wales Victoria New Zealand P-valuea
Follow-up appointments, % 42 52 41 80 89 93 50 43 27 28 29
% (95% CI) 44.7 (38.2 to 51.2) 56.7 (36.6 to 75.7) 0.27
Test result reconciliation, % 27 33 23 25 29 69 39 19 53 45 38
% (95% CI) 27.2 (22.0 to 32.8) 39.1 (27.5 to 51.4) 0.07
Test result communication, % 77 64 78 72 98 82 89 90 70 73 94
% (95% CI) 73.2 (65.0 to 80.7) 85.1 (76.9 to 91.8) 0.04
Follow-up of non-attenders, % 76 71 85 90 93 93 90 91 96 97 96
% (95% CI) 77.7 (69.0 to 85.4) 93.4 (91.3 to 95.3) <0.001
a

Data in bold has a significance level of P0.05. CI = confidence interval. PCP = primary care practitioner.