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Table 1 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

From: The disappearance of the “revolving door” patient in Scottish general practice: successful policies

  

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)

  1. aP-values are from Wilcoxon rank sum tests (age and SIMD decile) and Fisher exact tests (sex and married status).
  2. bReporting convention in SIMD 2006, 10= most deprived decile.