Table 1 Descriptive statistics on patient outcomes and patient and practice characteristics, over 2010–2011 to 2021–2022

Number of patients at risk (percent)

(N = 13,696,455 consultation events)

 Practice revisits within 7 days

1,008,934

(8.18%)

94,204

(6.89%)

 Antibiotic prescriptions

1,114,621

(9.04%)

144,724

(10.58%)

 Strong opioid prescriptions

278,819

(2.26%)

31,535

(2.31%)

 Hypnotics prescription

105,928

(0.86%)

10,488

(0.77%)

 Same day emergency admissions

20,048

(0.16%)

2,120

(0.16%)

 Same day A&E visits

37,861

(0.31%)

4,723

(0.35%)

 Same day ACSC admissions

19,084

(0.15%)

2,030

(0.15%)

 Emergency admissions within 1–7 days

18,217

(0.15%)

1,929

(0.14%)

 A&E visits within 1–7 days

48,545

(0.39%)

6,132

(0.45%)

 ACSC admissions within 1–7 days

18,876

(0.15%)

1,989

(0.15%)

 Referrals

534,873

(4.34%)

53,758

(3.93%)

 Tests

395,795

(3.21%)

37,770

(2.76%)

Means and standard deviations (sd) for patient and practice characteristics

(N = 13,696,455 consultation events)

 Patient characteristics

  Cambridge multi-morbidity score

0.46 (0.89)

0.37 (0.79)

  Age

46 (23.7)

42 (23).1

  Female

0.55 (0.50)

0.56 (0.50)

  Years registered with the practice

16.4 (13.5)

14.8 (12.6)

  Deprivation quintile

2.79 (1.4)

2.97 (1.41)

 Practice characteristics

  Rurality

1.16 (0.37)

1.13 (0.33)

  List size

7020 (3493)

6712 (3604)