Variable description | Data | Bipolar disorder | SMI | ||||||
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Source | Mean | SD | Minimum | Maximum | Mean | SD | Minimum | Maximum | |
GP practice characteristics | |||||||||
=1 if GP practice is reimbursed under PMS | GMS | 0.43 | 0.50 | 0 | 1 | 0.43 | 0.50 | 0 | 1 |
Proportion of male GPs/practice | GMS | 0.60 | 0.27 | 0 | 1 | 0.61 | 0.27 | 0 | 1 |
Proportion of non-UK qualified GPs/practice | GMS | 0.31 | 0.36 | 0 | 1 | 0.33 | 0.38 | 0 | 1 |
Mean age of GPs/practice | GMS | 47.68 | 7.35 | 28 | 76 | 48.05 | 7.65 | 28 | 76 |
Practice list size | ADS | 6899 | 4008 | 1040 | 40 082 | 6707 | 4008 | 1040 | 40 082 |
Characteristics of the practice population | |||||||||
Patient population: average age | ADS | 39.08 | 4.05 | 21.97 | 56.43 | 38.91 | 4.15 | 21.56 | 56.43 |
Patient population: proportion of male patients | ADS | 0.50 | 0.02 | 0.38 | 0.78 | 0.50 | 0.02 | 0.38 | 0.79 |
Proportion claiming incapacity benefit for mental health, practice catchment area | DWP | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.07 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.07 |
Proportion providing informal care, practice catchment area | ONS | 0.10 | 0.01 | 0.05 | 0.15 | 0.10 | 0.01 | 0.05 | 0.15 |
NHS psychiatric residents per 1000 population, practice catchment area | ONS | 0.19 | 1.10 | 0 | 63.57 | 0.19 | 1.12 | 0 | 63.57 |
Proportion of non-white ethnicity, practice catchment area | ONS | 0.11 | 0.15 | 0.00 | 0.80 | 0.11 | 0.16 | 0.00 | 0.81 |
Proportion living in urban setting, practice catchment area | ONS | 0.82 | 0.33 | 0 | 1 | 0.82 | 0.33 | 0 | 1 |
Measures of access to care | |||||||||
Distance (in miles) from practice to closest acute hospital | HES | 4.85 | 4.98 | 0 | 59.44 | 4.74 | 4.91 | 0 | 59.44 |
Distance (in miles) from practice to closest mental health hospital | HES | 10.71 | 8.35 | 0 | 74.05 | 10.55 | 8.27 | 0 | 74.05 |
Proportion of practice patients able to access care within 48 h | GPPS | 0.84 | 0.11 | 0 | 1 | 0.84 | 0.11 | 0 | 1 |
Baseline admissions | |||||||||
Mean number of admissions between April 2004 and March 2006 | HES | 1.58 | 1.77 | 0 | 42 | 4.37 | 4.29 | 0 | 63 |
ADS, Attribution Data Set; DWP, Department for Work and Pensions; GMS, General Medical Services; GP, general practitioner; GPPS, GP patient survey; HES, Hospital Episode Statistics; ONS, Office for National Statistics, Neighbourhood Statistics; PMS, Personal Medical Services; SMI; serious mental illness.