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Table 4 Practice and demographic predictor variables for the three composite morbidity measures

From: Long term condition morbidity in English general practice: a cross-sectional study using three composite morbidity measures

Predictor variables: Beta coefficients for variables that were significantly associated with higher morbidity burden (P < 0.05); n/s denotes not significant

 

Morbidity measure 1:

Morbidity measure 2:

Morbidity measure 3:

Registered patients aged 45–64 years (%)

0.17

0.23

0.15

Registered patients aged 65–74 years (%)

0.34

0.43

0.15

Registered patients aged 75–84 years (%)

0.27

0.38

0.33

Registered patients aged ≥85 years (%)

0.22

0.02

n/s

IMD score

0.51

0.35

0.62

QOF points (clinical domain indicators)

0.11

0.04

n/s

Training Practice status

n/s

−0.16

n/s

Proportion of population of African/Caribbean ethnicity

−0.13

−0.03

−0.15

Proportion of population of South Asian ethnicity

−0.04

0.04

−0.10

List size per FTE GP

n/s

n/s

−0.03