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. 2020 May 18;18:133. doi: 10.1186/s12916-020-01555-4

Table 2.

Descriptive statistics on recruitment

Primary care and trust data, CCG level Primary care and trust data, LCRN level Primary care data, CCG level

Recruitment rate*

Mean (SD), interquartile range (IQR) [25% and 75% centiles]

across CCGs/LCRNs

 All conditions 19.56, [5.74, 23.52] 19.56, [16.25, 22.67] 3.22, [1.19, 3.59]
 Mental health 8.26, [0.44, 13.83] 8.26, [6.31, 10.88] 0.77, [0.06, 0.68]
 Diabetes 14.61, [1.74, 15.12] 14.61, [10.82, 21.95] 2.65, [0.18, 3.21]

Recruitment redistribution index¥

% (Redistributed recruits/total recruits) × 100

 All conditions 43.3% (1,416,436/3,272,538) 12.0% (394,290/3,272,538) 36.2% (194,389/539,046)
 Mental health 53.3% (117,133/219,966) 12.6% (27,856/219,966) 58.9% (12,091/20,538)
 Diabetes 52.6% (115,949/220,647) 23.8% (52,473/220,647) 57.1% (22,838/40,030)

*Recruitment rate is calculated as the number of recruits divided by the number of people within each disease group

¥Redistribution index is the sum across areas of the absolute value of the difference between the actual and the equitable number of recruits, divided by two