Table 3 Association between practice characteristics and mortality or hospital admission rate (adjusted results from negative binomial regression modelling)
Mortality rate | Hospital admissions | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
IRR | 95% CI | IRR | 95% CI | |||
GP consultation rate (per patient person-year) | 1.01 | 0.98 | 1.04 | 1.02 | 0.99 | 1.04 |
Nurse consultation rate (per patient person-year) | 0.97 | 0.93 | 1.02 | 0.98 | 0.94 | 1.03 |
Percentage of patients aged over 64 | 1.06 | 1.05 | 1.07 | 1.02 | 1.02 | 1.03 |
Percentage of patients who are female | 0.96 | 0.94 | 0.99 | 1.01 | 0.99 | 1.03 |
Number of FTE doctors per 1000 patients | 1.55 | 1.22 | 1.97 | 1.05 | 0.86 | 1.29 |
Number of FTE nurses per 1000 patients | 1.07 | 0.82 | 1.38 | 1.05 | 0.83 | 1.32 |
Urban location (compared to rural) | 1.19 | 1.07 | 1.31 | 1.12 | 1.03 | 1.22 |
Percentage of patients in most deprived quintile of IMD | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.01 | 1.01 | 1.00 | 1.01 |
Training practice (yes compared to no) | 1.04 | 0.97 | 1.11 | 0.95 | 0.90 | 1.01 |