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Table 2 Results of ITS analysis—effect of the pandemic on primary care consultations by 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

 

Without multimorbidity (baseline)

With multimorbidity

Consultation rate

Relative ratea

Feb-20

223.1 (220.6–225.6)

879.4 (868.6–890.3)

3.94

Mar-20 (Start of Pandemic)

207.8 (205.3–210.3)

881.8 (869.9–893.7)

4.24

Apr-20

179.9 (177.8–182)

751.5 (741.8–761.3)

4.18

May-20

183.6 (181.5–185.7)

768.6 (759–778.2)

4.19

Jun-20

201.7 (199.4–203.9)

816.3 (806.3–826.3)

4.05

Jul-20

231.5 (228.9–234)

947.6 (936.3–958.9)

4.09

Aug-20

220.2 (217.8–222.7)

854.4 (844.3–864.6)

3.88

Sep-20

245.7 (243–248.3)

967 (955.7–978.3)

3.94

Oct-20

290.9 (287.7–294.1)

1157.4 (1143.8–1171)

3.98

Nov-20

274 (271–277)

1051.1 (1038.5–1063.6)

3.84

Dec-20

236.6 (233.9–239.3)

908.2 (897.1–919.3)

3.84

Jan-21

289.8 (286.6–293.1)

1165 (1150.5–1179.6)

4.02

Feb-21

278.9 (275.7–282.1)

1059.3 (1045.6–1072.9)

3.80

Mar-21

334.7 (330.7–338.7)

1268.3 (1251.2–1285.4)

3.79

  1. Estimates are expressed as the consultation rate per 1000 patients, with the 95% confidence interval in parentheses
  2. aThe relative rate is the consultation rate of individuals with multimorbidity divided by the consultation rate of the model baseline (those without multimorbidity). Number of observations was 12,847,347, after the removal of 1.7% of data points that were identified as outliers (>3.5 studentised residuals). See Supplement 5 for the corresponding figure, and separate figures for face-to-face and telephone consultations