| Permanent GPs | Locums |
---|---|---|
Number of patients at risk (percent) (N = 13,696,455 consultation events) | ||
 Practice revisits within 7 days | 1,008,934 (8.18%) | 94,204 (6.89%) |
 Antibiotic prescriptions | 1,114,621 (9.04%) | 144,724 (10.58%) |
 Strong opioid prescriptions | 278,819 (2.26%) | 31,535 (2.31%) |
 Hypnotics prescription | 105,928 (0.86%) | 10,488 (0.77%) |
 Same day emergency admissions | 20,048 (0.16%) | 2,120 (0.16%) |
 Same day A&E visits | 37,861 (0.31%) | 4,723 (0.35%) |
 Same day ACSC admissions | 19,084 (0.15%) | 2,030 (0.15%) |
 Emergency admissions within 1–7 days | 18,217 (0.15%) | 1,929 (0.14%) |
 A&E visits within 1–7 days | 48,545 (0.39%) | 6,132 (0.45%) |
 ACSC admissions within 1–7 days | 18,876 (0.15%) | 1,989 (0.15%) |
 Referrals | 534,873 (4.34%) | 53,758 (3.93%) |
 Tests | 395,795 (3.21%) | 37,770 (2.76%) |
Means and standard deviations (sd) for patient and practice characteristics (N = 13,696,455 consultation events) | ||
 Patient characteristics | ||
  Cambridge multi-morbidity score | 0.46 (0.89) | 0.37 (0.79) |
  Age | 46 (23.7) | 42 (23).1 |
  Female | 0.55 (0.50) | 0.56 (0.50) |
  Years registered with the practice | 16.4 (13.5) | 14.8 (12.6) |
  Deprivation quintile | 2.79 (1.4) | 2.97 (1.41) |
 Practice characteristics | ||
  Rurality | 1.16 (0.37) | 1.13 (0.33) |
  List size | 7020 (3493) | 6712 (3604) |