Associations of GP practice characteristics with the rate of ambulatory care sensitive conditions in people living with dementia in England: an ecological analysis of routine data

Table 3 The association of general practice factors with ACSC and non-ACSC hospital admissions

	ACSC			Non-ACSC
Variable	Mean	95% CI		Mean	95% CI
Intercept	2115.41	2115.40	2115.41	1764.84	1764.83	1764.85
Practice population mean age per 10 years*	1.00	0.99	1.01	0.97	0.96	0.98
Practice population percent female per 10%*	0.91	0.90	0.92	0.86	0.85	0.86
Practice IMD per 10 points *	1.08	1.07	1.09	1.05	1.05	1.06
Practice QOF Achievement (ref ≤90%)	0.94	0.93	0.95	0.96	0.95	0.96
Percent of practice population rating good access per 10% *	0.96	0.96	0.97	0.97	0.96	0.98
Percent of CCG budget allotted to mental health per 5% *	0.99	0.98	1.00	1.01	1.00	1.02
Practice Population Quartiles
1 (below 6,527)	0.95	0.95	0.96	0.91	0.90	0.92
2 (6,528-9,446)	0.96	0.95	0.97	0.91	0.91	0.92
3 (9,447-12,652)	0.92	0.91	0.93	0.87	0.86	0.88
4 (above 12,653)	Reference
Admission Year
2008	0.17	0.16	0.18	0.18	0.17	0.19
2009	0.35	0.35	0.36	0.34	0.34	0.35
2010	0.46	0.46	0.47	0.43	0.42	0.44
2011	0.54	0.54	0.55	0.51	0.50	0.52
2012	0.66	0.65	0.67	0.59	0.59	0.60
2013	0.73	0.72	0.74	0.64	0.63	0.65
2014	0.82	0.81	0.83	0.71	0.70	0.72
2015	0.91	0.90	0.92	0.78	0.77	0.78
2016	0.99	0.99	1.00	0.86	0.85	0.87
2017	Reference
Rurality
Urban	Reference
Rural	0.89	0.88	0.90	0.92	0.91	0.93
Home admission
At home	1.61	1.60	1.62	1.73	1.72	1.74
Not from home	Reference
Region
London	Reference
North East	1.02	1.02	1.03	0.93	0.92	0.94
North West	0.94	0.93	0.94	0.96	0.95	0.97
Yorkshire & Humber	0.91	0.91	0.92	0.88	0.88	0.89
East Midlands	0.88	0.87	0.89	0.85	0.84	0.86
West Midlands	0.89	0.88	0.90	0.82	0.81	0.82
East of England	0.94	0.93	0.95	0.96	0.95	0.97
South East	0.81	0.80	0.81	0.80	0.79	0.81
South West	0.74	0.74	0.75	0.77	0.76	0.77

* mean centred variables. The coefficients represent mean rates (transformed from the log rate).

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