Do English healthcare settings use ‘Choice Architecture’ principles in promoting healthy lifestyles for people with psoriasis? An observational study

Table 3 Health centre characteristics

Characteristic	Number (%) unless otherwise stated
Type of primary care centre
GP surgery	17 (70.8)
Intermediate community dermatology clinic	4 (16.7)
Total primary care centres	21
Type of secondary care^a
Dermatology clinic	2 (8.3)
Hospital-based dermatology unit	1 (4.2)
Total secondary care centres	3
Patient list size
<3000	0
3,000–5,000	4
5,000–7,000	3
7,000–9,000	2
9,000–11,000	3
11,000–13,000	3
13,000–15,000	0
15,000–17,000	1
Number of General Practitioners (range; median)	1 - 10 (5)
Number of Practice Nurses (range; median)	1 - 6 (2)
Rank of health deprivation^b (range; median)	4 - 20,557 (5,353)

^a‘Hospital-based Dermatology Units’ are affiliated with hospitals and cover the full range of in-patient treatment options, where ‘Dermatology Clinics’ are usually out-patient based, may be independently run clinics or are clinics based in community settings
^bAccording to the Office of National Statistics Health Deprivation index - by postcode, score out of 32782 (source: www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/). All 32,482 neighbourhoods in England are given a health deprivation score, where the most deprived has a rank of one. Considers premature death and impairment of quality of life by poor health, and considers both physical and mental health. Measurement of morbidity, disability and premature mortality are all considered

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