Table 1.

Characteristics of the practices of the participating GPs

Characteristic	Median (IQR)	England average27,29
Full-time equivalent GPs, n	5.5 (4.0–7.0)	5.16
Registered patients, n	10 671 (7772–12 576)	8852
Proportion of patients aged >65 years	16.9 (15.4–20.1)	17.5
Proportion of patients with at least one long-term condition	57.3 (47.6–59.9)	52.4
Deprivation decile	7.5 (4.0–10)	–
Deprivation scorea	15.6 (9.9–27.9)	21.7

^a The larger the score, the more deprived the area. IQR = interquartile range.