Table 3.

Clinical process measures

Clinical process measure	PA (n=2381)	FY2 doctor (n=6435)	Total (n=8816)	Unadjusted OR (95% CI) and p value (PA relative to FY2 doctor-in-training) in rate of re-attendance	Adjusted OR (95% CI) and p value (PA relative to FY2 doctor-in-training) in rate of re-attendancee*
X-ray investigations performed
No	559 (49.4%)	1701 (82.3%)	2260 (70.7%)	4.76 (4.04 to 5.59) p<0.001	2.70 (1.72 to 4.24) p<0.001
Yes	572 (50.6%)	366 (17.7%)	938 (29.3%)
Unknown	1250	4368	5618	–	–
Prescriptions given in the ED
No	174 (58.0%)	157 (51.8%)	331 (54.9%)	0.79 (0.56 to 1.07) p=0.127	1.35 (0.08 to 23.5) p=0.838
Yes	126 (42.0%)	146 (48.2%)	272 (45.1%)
Unknown	2081	6132	8213
Admitted as an inpatient from the ED
No	883 (78.2%)	1436 (70.1%)	2319 (73.0%)	0.65 (0.55 to 0.77) p<0.001	0.78 (0.55 to 1.1) p=0.158
Yes	246 (21.8%)	613 (29.9%)	859 (27.0%)
Unknown	1762	3876	5638
Discharge summary completed
No	86 (42.4%)	71 (34.6%)	157 (38.5%)	0.72 (0.48 to 1.08) p=0.109	1.57 (0.93 to 2.66) p=0.09
Yes	117 (57.6%)	134 (65.4%)	251 (61.5%)
Unknown	2178	6230	8408

*Adjustment made for MTS (as a measure of acuity), age band, sex and site, and for clustering where the ICC (and p value) is significant: X-ray 0.04 (p<0.001), prescriptions 0.73 (p<0.001), admitted 0.02 (p=0.001), discharge summary <0.001 (p=0.498).

FY2, foundation year two; ICC, intraclass correlation coefficient; PA, physician associates.