Intervention group | Control group | p-value | |
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GP surgery variables2 | |||
List size | 830.79 ± 208.78 | 865.48 ± 100.69 | p = 0.475 |
Female/male GP, n (%) | 14 (58.33)/10 (41.67) | 10 (43.48)/13 (56.52) | p = 0.308 |
Specialist yes/no, n (%) | 18 (75)/6 (25) | 11 (47.83)/12 (52.17) | p = 0.055 |
Years experience | 16.02 ± 10.40 | 15.15 ± 11.15 | p = 0.784 |
Years experience in hospital | 2.81 ± 5.94 | 1.89 ± 3.06 | p = 0.510 |
Number of GPs in surgery | 4.33 ± 1.61 | 4.04 ± 1.58 | p =0.536 |
- median | 5 | 5 | |
- mode | 5 | 5 | |
GP referral variables per referral in dataset2 | |||
Female/male referring GP, n (%) | 182 (64.77)/99 (35.23) | 93 (42.47)/126 (57.53) | p < 0.000014 |
Number of GPs in surgery | 4.43 ± 1.46 | 4.01 ± 1.62 | p =0.0033 |
Specialist yes/no n (%) | 189 (67.26)/92 (32.74) | 114 (52.05)/105(47.95) | p = 0.0005564 |
Years experience | 16.21 ± 11.96 | 15.41 ± 11.70 | p = 0.456 |
Years experience in hospital | 1.54 ± 1.88 | 1.54 ± 2.46 | p = 0.994 |
Other variables per referral in dataset2 | |||
Electronic/paper referral n (%) | 281 (100)/0 (0) | 213 (97.26)/ 6 (2.74) | p = 0.0053 |