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Table 1 characteristics of the practices, patients and contacts in the analyses, 1987 and 2001

From: Changing patterns of home visiting in general practice: an analysis of electronic medical records

 

1987

2001

Registration period

13 weeks

6 weeks

practices

N = 103

N = 80

% single handed

50.5%

50%

% (very) urban

30.1%

42.5%

Average list size

3208

3883

Fte GP in the practice

1.4

1.6

% home visits of all face to face contacts

14.5%

7.6%

Average number of cases (contacts) in analyses

2396

964

Patients

N = 124,791

N = 58,345

Sex (% women)

59%

59%

Average age

39.0

42.3

Number of face to face contacts

1.98

1.32

Number of visits

0.28

0.10

Face to face contacts

N = 246,738

N = 77,167

% home visits

14.1%

7.4%