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Table 2 Baseline characteristics referral patterns

From: The use of quality information by general practitioners: does it alter choices? A randomized clustered study

 

Queens hospital

Essex hospital

Violet Hill hospital

Flower hospital

Total

Breast cancer

     

Control group outside study (n=200 GPs) – 2009

348 (24%)

406 (28%)

475 (33%)

229 (16%)

1458

Control group outside study (n=200 GPs) - 2010

440 (25%)

494 (28%)

513 (29%)

296 (17%)

1743

Intervention group (n=17 GPs) – 2009

13 (19%)

18 (27%)

13 (19%)

23 (34%)

67

Intervention group (n=17 GPs) - 2010

24 (32%)

13 (17%)

25 (33%)

14 (18%)

76

Control group within study (n=9 GPs) – 2009

4 (27%)

6 (40%)

2 (13%)

3 (20%)

15

Control group within study (n=9 GPs) - 2010

2 (17%)

3 (25%)

5 (42%)

2 (17%)

12

Cataract surgery

     

Control group outside study (n=200 GPs)- 2009

249 (27%)

225 (24%)

250 (27%)

209 (22%)

933

Control group outside study (n=200 GPs) - 2010

341 (28%)

328 (27%)

307 (25%)

242 (20%)

1218

Intervention group (n=17 GPs) – 2009

29 (55%)

2 (4%)

9 (17%)

13 (25%)

53

Intervention group (n=17 GPs) - 2010

28 (41%)

7 (10%)

11 (16%)

22 (32%)

68

Control group within study (n=9 GPs) - 2009

3 (21%)

0 (0%)

2 (14%)

9 (64%)

14

Control group within study (n=9 GPs) -2010

2 (14%)

0 (0%)

7 (50%)

5 (36%)

14

Hip and knee replacement

     

Control group outside study (n=200 GPs) - 2009

1443 (22%)

1752 (26%)

2121 (32%)

1387 (21%)

6703

Control group outside study (n=200 GPs) - 2010

1598 (22%)

2040 (28%)

1921 (26%)

1764 (24%)

7323

Intervention group (n=17 GPs) - 2009

85 (30%)

41 (14%)

82 (29%)

75 (27%)

283

Intervention group (n=17 GPs) - 2010

83 (28%)

61 (20%)

74 (25%)

82 (27%)

300

Control group within study (n=9 GPs) - 2009

36 (32%)

26 (23%)

33 (29%)

17 (15%)

112

Control group within study (n=9 GPs) - 2010

47 (38%)

18 (15%)

26 (21%)

33 (27%)

124

Total all referrals, all years, all groups

    

20516