Table 1 |
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| Sex, age, marital status and Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD) 2006 decile of the 555 “revolving door” patients, overall and compared between subgroups defined by median days on a practice list | |||||||
| Total | Median days on GP list | Pa | P | ||||
| Fast (0–100) | Medium (101–180) | Slow (181+) | Slow vs rest | Fast vs medium | |||
| Sex | NOBS (NMISSING) | 555 (0) | 309 (0) | 113 (0) | 133 (0) | 0.045 | 0.342 |
| N (%) male | 371 (66.8%) | 218 (70.6%) | 74 (65.5%) | 79 (59.4%) | |||
| Age (years) at first removal | NOBS (NMISSING) | 555 (0) | 309 (0) | 113 (0) | 133 (0) | 0.163 | 0.679 |
| Mean (SD) | 34 (13) | 34 (13) | 35 (14) | 32 (11) | |||
| Married at first removal | NOBS (NMISSING) | 392 (163) | 135 (17) | 112 (28) | 145 (118) | 0.474 | 0.178 |
| N (%) married | 62 (15.8%) | 27 (20.0%) | 15 (13.4%) | 20 (13.8%) | |||
| SIMD decile at first removal [1] | NOBS (NMISSING) | 409 (146) | 271 (38) | 77 (36) | 61 (72) | 0.112 | 0.140 |
| Median (IQR) | 9.0 (7.0, 10.0) | 9.0 (7.0, 10.0) | 8.0 (6.0, 10.0) | 9.0 (7.0, 10.0) | |||
aP-values are from Wilcoxon rank sum tests (age and SIMD decile) and Fisher exact tests (sex and married status).
bReporting convention in SIMD 2006, 10= most deprived decile.
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