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Table 1 Total primary care consultations by provider type, delivery mode and multimorbidity status

From: Ethnic inequalities in the impact of COVID-19 on primary care consultations: a time series analysis of 460,084 individuals with multimorbidity in South London

 

February 2018

February 2020

April 2020

March 2021

Total, %

Consultation rate per 1000 patients

Total, %

Consultation rate per 1000 patients

Total, %

Consultation rate per 1000 patients

Total, %

Consultation rate per 1000 patients

Registered patients

349,800

NA

364,917

NA

362,241

NA

353,233

NA

Total consultations (excluding admin)

123,157

352.1

141,414

387.5

108,424

299.3

199,846

565.8

 GP face-to-face

62,504, 50.8%

178.7

69,921, 49.4%

191.6

26,009, 24%

71.8

63,042, 31.5%

178.5

 GP telephone

26,540, 21.5%

75.9

25,767, 18.2%

70.6

54,072, 49.9%

149.3

72,704, 36.4%

205.8

 GP home

1127, 0.9%

3.2

1120, 0.8%

3.1

354, 0.3%

1.0

528, 0.3%

1.5

 GP electronic

88, 0.1%

0.3

121, 0.1%

0.3

384, 0.4%

1.1

2569, 1.3%

7.3

 Nurse face-to-face

17,712, 14.4%

50.6

18,842, 13.3%

51.6

6681, 6.2%

18.4

15,811, 7.9%

44.8

 Nurse telephone

972, 0.8%

2.8

1193, 0.8%

3.3

5027, 4.6%

13.9

3267, 1.6%

9.2

 Nurse home

154, 0.1%

0.4

203, 0.1%

0.6

72, 0.1%

0.2

187, 0.1%

0.5

 Nurse electronic

0, 0%

0.0

4, 0%

0.0

3, 0%

0.0

21, 0%

0.1

 Other face-to-face

10,004, 8.1%

28.6

17,686, 12.5%

48.5

8877, 8.2%

24.5

26,168, 13.1%

74.1

 Other telephone

3929, 3.2%

11.2

6455, 4.6%

17.7

6658, 6.1%

18.4

9665, 4.8%

27.4

 Other home

96, 0.1%

0.3

92, 0.1%

0.3

49, 0%

0.1

88, 0%

0.2

 Other electronic

31, 0%

0.1

10, 0%

0.0

238, 0.2%

0.7

5796, 2.9%

16.4

Administrative

15,827

45.2

24,876

68.2

18,365

50.7

65,242

184.7

Total consultations for individuals without MM

58,644, 47.6%

223.5

68,997, 48.8%

248.6

46,487, 42.9%

168.9

102,121, 51.1%

379.8

Total consultations for individuals with MM

64,513, 52.4%

738.3

72,417, 51.2%

828.5

61,937, 57.1%

712.4

97,725, 48.9%

1158.5