Table 3 Characteristics of participating and non-participating practices.

Practice profile

Practice list size

(3500, 7121))

(3649, 7165)

GP appointments/week

(419, 493)

-

Total number of staff

(27.1, 29.4)

-

General practitioners

(4.9, 5.7)

-

Practice nurse

(3.3, 3.6)

-

Administrative staff

(10.4, 11.5)

-

Community nurse

(4.7, 5.3)

-

Other professionals

(3.4, 3.9)

-

Number of Partners

(2.7, 3.2)

-

Partner's sessions/week

(5.9, 6.7)

-

Number of Salaried GPs

(2.1, 2.5)

-

Salaried GP sessions/week

(5.3, 6.0)

-

PN sessions/week

(7.0, 7.4)

-

Team climate

Total TCI scores

(48.02, 52.57)

-

Vision

(13.78, 14.53)

-

Participatory safety

(14.77, 15.57)

-

Task orientation

(9.77, 10.33)

-

Support for innovation

(10.76, 11.30)

-

QOF scores

Total QOF

(936.45, 980.10)

(941.54, 987.47)

Clinical domains

(605.73, 642.67)

(616.44, 652.02)

Organisational domains

(169.32, 176.18)

(170.50, 175.37)

Holistic care

(15.45, 19.59)

(17.72, 20.25)

Disease prevalence

CHD (%)

(4.89, 5.60)

(4.32, 5.30)

Stroke (%)

(2.13, 2.55)

(1.85, 2.34)

Hypertension (%)

(14.21, 17.65)

(12.52, 15.94)

Diabetes mellitus (%)

(4.14, 4.67)

(3.87, 4.50)

COPD (%)

(2.33, 3.74)

(2.31, 3.31)

Asthma (%)

(4.93, 6.13)

(4.78, 5.71)

Heart failure (%)

(1.94, 3.52)

(1.76, 3.78)