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Table 4 Introducing the referral issue in the consultations and corresponding mean referral rates 1

From: High referral rates to secondary care by general practitioners in Norway are associated with GPs’ gender and specialist qualifications in family medicine, a study of 4350 consultations

GP

Lowest quartile,

 

Highest quartile,

 

All GPs

 

strata

referral rate

 

referral rate

  

<10% ,

 

>=16%,

  

n = 1102

 

n = 1047

 

n = 4350

consultations

 

consultations

 

consultations

n = 11 GPs

 

n = 11 GPs

 

n = 44 GPs

 

Referral

Referral

Referral

Referral

Referral

Referral

issue

rate

issue

rate

issue

rate

introduced

 

introduced

 

introduced

 

%

%

%

%

%

%

(95% CI)

(95% CI)

(95% CI)

(95% CI)

(95% CI)

(95% CI)

(n/N)

(n/N)

(n/N)

(n/N)

(n/N)

(n/N)

Referral rate,

      

%

 

7.8

 

20.9

 

13.7

(95% CI)

 

(6.2 – 9.4)

 

(18.5 –23.4)

 

(12.7–1 4.7)

(n/N)

 

(86/1102)

 

(219/1047)

 

(595/4350)

Referral

18.0

43.4

31.3

66.8

23.0

59.4

issue

(15.7–20.2)

(36.5–50.4)

(28.5- 34.1)

(61.7–71.9)

(21.8 - 24.3)

(56.4 - 62.5)

introduced

(198/1102)

(86/198)

(328/1047)

(219/328)

(1001/4350)

(595/1001)

Referral

      

issue of

26.3

51.9

29.0

66.3

29.4

59.5

introduced

(20.3 - 33.0)

(38.1–65.7)

(24.1 - 34.2)

(56.7 –75.9)

(26.6 – 32.3)

(53.9 - 65.2)

by patient

(52/198)

(27/52)

(95/328)

(63/95)

(294/1001)

(175/294)

Referral

      

issue

73.7

40.4

71.0

67.0

70.6

59.4

introduced

(67.0 - 79.7)

(32.4–48.5)

(65.8 - 75.9)

(60.9 –73.4)

(67.8 - 73.5)

(55.8 - 63.0)

by GP

(146/198)

(59/146)

(233/328)

(156/233)

(707/1001)

(420/707)

  1. 1Comparing strata of GPs, by referral rate.