Adaption, implementation and evaluation of collaborative service improvements in the testing and result communication process in primary care from patient and staff perspectives: a qualitative study

Table 1 Characteristics of the TRaCKED study practices

General practice study ID	Number of patients registered	Number of full time equivalent general practitioners (GPs)	IMD code ranking^a	Clinical management system
Practice 1	23,727	7.3	15,066	SystmOne
Practice 2	7059	6.3	871	EMIS
Practice 3	5914	3.0	13,866	EMIS
Practice 4	27,430	12.3	8447	EMIS

^aIndex of multiple deprivation (IMD) ranking out of 32,482 LSOAs (lower super output levels) in England. The IMD codes, produced by the UK government and first released in 2004 and updated 2010, provide indicators of deprivation in local authority areas to inform health and social policy, the lower the score the more deprived the area [24]

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