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Table 1 Individual and practice-level characteristics for the whole of England

From: The potential impact of Brexit and immigration policies on the GP workforce in England: a cross-sectional observational study of GP qualification region and the characteristics of the areas and population they served in September 2016

Variable name

Qualification

All of England

Individual-level aggregates

 Number of GPs (%)

All

37,792 (100.0%)

UK

28,636 (75.8%)

EEA

1535 (4.1%)

Elsewhere

6419 (17.0%)

Unknown

1202 (3.2%)

 Percentage male GPs

All

45.6

UK

43.4

EEA

50.2

Elsewhere

54.9

Unknown

43.3

 Median GP age (25th, 75th centiles)

All

43 (35, 52)

UK

42 (34, 52)

EEA

48 (40, 54)

Elsewhere

46 (40, 56)

Unknown

40 (33, 49)

 Median GP FTE (25th, 75th centiles)

All

0.85 (0.60, 1.00)

UK

0.80 (0.60, 1.00)

EEA

0.89 (0.64, 1.07)

Elsewhere

0.93 (0.64, 1.04)

Unknown

0.80 (0.53, 1.00)

Per 10,000 patients

 Median number of GPs (25th,75th centiles)

All

6.7 (5.2, 8.4)

 Median FTE of GPs (25th,75th centiles)

All

5.2 (4.1, 6.4)

Per 1000 patients aged 75 or older

 Median number of GPs (25th,75th centiles)

All

8.6 (6.3, 12.6)

 Median FTE of GPs (25th,75th centiles)

All

6.8 (5.1, 9.6)

Per 10,000 counts on the cumulative QOF registera

 Median number of GPs (25th,75th centiles)

All

11.3 (8.6, 15.0)

 Median FTE of GPs (25th,75th centiles)

All

8.9 (6.9, 11.3)

Residence overall deprivation of the average patientb,c

 Median (25th, 75th centiles)

All

19.7 (13.0, 29.0)

UK

18.3 (12.2, 27.0)

EEA

22.5 (14.9, 30.5)

Elsewhere

25.2 (17.0, 34.1)

Unknown

22.4 (13.6, 33.2)

Average pay per patientb,d

 Median (25th, 75th centiles)

All

132 (120, 150)

UK

133 (120, 152)

EEA

132 (120, 150)

Elsewhere

129 (117, 146)

Unknown

131 (120, 145)

  1. A break-down across the 14 NHS regions is provided in Additional file 1
  2. aTwenty-one clinical domain registers for 2015/2016: Atrial Fibrillation, Asthma, Cancer, Cardiovascular Disease Primary Prevention, Coronary Heart Disease, Chronic Kidney Disease (for those aged 18 or older), Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Dementia, Depression (18 or older), Diabetes both types (17 or older), Epilepsy (18 or older), Heart Failure, Hypertension, Learning Disability, Severe Mental Illness, Obesity (18 or older), Osteoporosis (50 or older), Peripheral Artery Disease, Palliative Care, Rheumatoid Arthritis (16 or older) and Stroke
  3. bWeighted on list size for all qualified GPs; the product of list size and the percentage of the respective GP group within the practice (on number rather than FTE), for UK, EEA and elsewhere qualified
  4. cIndex of Multiple Deprivation, details available in the 2015 technical report of the English Indices of Deprivation [15]
  5. dMinus prescription and dispensing costs