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Table 3 Patient recruitment by practice and pre-screening strategy (n = 831 patients)

From: Piloting electronic screening forms in primary care: findings from a mixed methods study to identify patients eligible for low dose CT lung cancer screening

	Electronic Form (573 patients)				Paper Form (258 patients)
	Practice 1	Practice 3	Practice 4	Total	Practice 2	Practice 5	Practice 6	Total	Overall Total
Number of patients	361	14	198	573	54	193	11	258	831
Email link (at home)	235	0	100	335	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Tablet (in waiting room)	126	14	98	238	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Sex
Male	146	10	52	208	20	69	3	92	300
Female	166	4	104	274	33	112	7	152	426
Lung Cancer Risk Category
High Risk^a	47	4	23	74	13	27	2	42	116
Low - Moderate Risk^b	61	2	34	97	7	21	0	28	125
Low Risk^c	250	8	141	399	32	133	6	171	570

^aRepresents patients who answered Yes (Y) to all three screening questions
^bRepresents patients who answered Y to age range and Y to one of the other two screening questions
^cRepresents patients who are within the eligible age range and answered No (N) to the second and third screening questions

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