Table 3 Characteristics associated with the consultation including a chronic disease: model including registrar (trainee), patient and practice variables
Univariate | Adjusted | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Variable | Class | OR (95% CI) | P | OR (95% CI) | P |
Registrar’s training term | Term 2 | 0.93 (0.87, 0.99) | 0.031 | 0.86 (0.80, 0.93) | <0.001 |
Referent: Term 1 | Term 3 | 1.00 (0.91, 1.10) | 0.98 | 0.98 (0.89, 1.08) | 0.65 |
Term 4 | 0.96 (0.82, 1.11) | 0.56 | 0.87 (0.73, 1.04) | 0.12 | |
New patient to the registrar and/or practice | New patient to practice | 0.63 (0.60, 0.66) | <0.001 | 0.68 (0.65, 0.71) | <0.001 |
Referent: Seen by registrar before | New patient to registrar | 0.56 (0.51, 0.62) | <0.001 | 0.70 (0.62, 0.78) | <0.001 |
Registrar worked at the practice previously | Yes | 1.09 (1.00, 1.18) | 0.050 | 1.08 (0.99, 1.18) | 0.091 |
Does the practice routinely bulk bill | Yes | 1.21 (1.09, 1.34) | <0.001 | 1.12 (1.00, 1.26) | 0.047 |
Rurality of practice | Inner regional | 1.17 (1.07, 1.27) | <0.001 | 1.08 (0.98, 1.18) | 0.12 |
Referent: Major city | Outer regional/Remote | 1.23 (1.07, 1.41) | 0.0037 | 1.07 (0.93, 1.24) | 0.33 |
Number of GPs working at the practice/post | 5-9 | 0.85 (0.78, 0.92) | <0.001 | 0.92 (0.85, 1.01) | 0.081 |
Referent: 1-4 | Ten or more | 0.78 (0.68, 0.90) | <0.001 | 0.87 (0.75, 1.01) | 0.063 |
SEIFA Index (decile) of practice | 0.96 (0.95, 0.98) | <0.001 | 0.98 (0.97, 1.00) | 0.056 | |
Patients age (years) | 20 to <40 | 2.17 (2.01, 2.34) | <0.001 | 2.10 (1.94, 2.29) | <0.001 |
Referent: < 20 | 40 to <60 | 3.89 (3.61, 4.20) | <0.001 | 3.75 (3.45, 4.06) | <0.001 |
60 to <80 | 5.14 (4.72, 5.59) | <0.001 | 4.82 (4.40, 5.28) | <0.001 | |
80+ | 5.03 (4.48, 5.65) | <0.001 | 4.75 (4.18, 5.38) | <0.001 | |
Patient gender | Female | 0.96 (0.92, 1.01) | 0.088 | 0.90 (0.86, 0.94) | <0.001 |