Introducing a single point of access (SPA) to child and adolescent mental health services in England: a mixed-methods observational study

Table 3 Characteristics of children referred by GP or self-referred

	1 year before SPA introduction	Following introduction of SPA		Difference
	(1) GP	(2) GP	(3) Self	(3)–(2)
Buckinghamshire
Ward deprivation (IMD)	10.3	10.4	10.5	0.1
Average age (years)	12.6	12.5	12.6	0.0
% Male	46.7	46.1	48.0	1.9
% White British	84.5	81.9	84.1	2.2^a
Oxfordshire
Ward deprivation (IMD)	11.7	11.8	11.1	−0.7^a
Average age (years)	12.0	12.4	11.3	−1.0^a
% Male	48.9	50.2	50.3	0.1
% White British	85.0	55.2	84.0	28.8^a

Note: ^ameans significant difference at the 95% confidence level; t-test for continuous, chi-square for categorical variables

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