Reference group | CME-M group | |||
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Practices, N | 240 | 144 | ||
Proportion of solo practices (95% CI) | 0.60 (0.54;0.66) | 0.29 (0.22;0.37) | ||
GPs per practice, mean (range) | 1.73 (1–5) | 2.63 (1–10) | ||
GPs, N | 415 | 377 | ||
Proportion of males (95% CI) | 0.60 (0.55;0.64) | 0.48 (0.43;0.53) | ||
Mean age (95% CI) | 52.9 (52.0;53.7) | 51.7 (50.9;52.5) | ||
Referred patients (age ≥ 40 yrs.), N | Before CME-M, N = 7,659 | After CME-M, N = 7,731 | Before CME-M, N = 7,121 | After CME-M, N = 7,417 |
Proportion of males (95% CI) | 0.46 (0.45;0.47) | 0.46 (0.45;0.47) | 0.44 (0.43;0.46) | 0.44 (0.43;0.45) |
Mean age (95% CI) | 63.1 (62.8;63.4) | 63.2 (62.9;63.5) | 62.7 (62.4;63.0) | 62.9 (62.6;63.2) |
Comorbidity (%)a | ||||
None | 75.9 | 75.3 | 76.4 | 75.7 |
Medium | 20.7 | 21.1 | 19.8 | 20.8 |
High | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 3.6 |
Mean habitual F2F monthly contact rateb (95% CI) | 0.60 (0.58;0.61) | 0.57 (0.56;0.59) | 0.61 (0.59;0.62) | 0.60 (0.58;0.61) |
Mean habitual total monthly contact rateb (95% CI) | 1.05 (1.03;1.08) | 1.02 (1.00;1.05) | 1.07 (1.05;1.10) | 1.04 (1.01;1.06) |