Table 1.
Descriptive statistics
| Pre-intervention (19 235) | Post-intervention (19 265) | |
| N (Pct.) | N (Pct.) | |
| Patients younger than 75 | 10 404 (54.1) | 10 368 (53.8) |
| Patients 75 or older | 8831 (45.9) | 8897 (46.2) |
| Male | 8699 (45.2) | 8698 (45.2) |
| Female | 10 536 (54.8) | 10 567 (54.8) |
| Least deprived, quintile 1 | 5294 (27.5) | 5340 (27.7) |
| Deprivation quintile 2 | 4395 (22.9) | 4421 (23.0) |
| Deprivation quintile 3 | 4266 (22.6) | 4238 (22.0) |
| Deprivation quintile 4 | 3195 (16.6) | 3194 (16.6) |
| Most deprived, quintile 5 | 2084 (10.8) | 2071 (10.7) |
| 2–5 GP consultations (2-5), quintile 1 | 5333 (27.7) | 5130 (26.6) |
| 6–9 GP consultations, quintile 2 | 4697 (24.4) | 4468 (23.2) |
| 10–15 GP consultations, quintile 3 | 4545 (23.6) | 4518 (23.5) |
| 16 or more GP consultations (16+), quintile 4 | 4660 (24.2) | 5149 (26.7) |
| Less than 9 GPs in practice pre-intervention (post:<8), quintile 1 | 2977 (15.5) | 2764 (14.4) |
| 9–14 GPs in practice pre-intervention (post: 8–13), quintile 2 | 4715 (24.5) | 4555 (23.6) |
| 15–21 GPs in practice pre-intervention (post: 14–22), quintile 3 | 5032 (26.2) | 5996 (31.1) |
| More than 21 GPs in practice pre-intervention (post >22), quintile 4 | 6511 (33.9) | 5950 (30.9) |
| Urban conurbation | 6145 (32.0) | 6180 (32.1) |
| Cities and towns | 10 207 (53.1) | 10 290 (53.4) |
| Rural | 2883 (15.0) | 2795 (14.5) |
| No emergency hospital admission | 16 269 (84.6) | 15 520 (80.6)) |
| One emergency hospital admission | 2070 (10.8) | 2368 (12.3) |
| Two emergency hospital admissions | 557 (2.9) | 750 (3.9) |
| More than two emergency hospital admissions | 339 (1.7) | 627 (3.2) |
GP, general practitioner.