Table 2 Patient-related characteristics, Māori patients and total population

Patient age

 Age ≤ 14

32.2%

20.4%

 Age ≥ 65

6.4%

16.0%

Deprivation

 Quintile 5

42.8%

19.4%

 Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) ^a

4535 (3038 – 5431)

2981 (1463 – 4505)

 Enrolled in VLCA practice

55.8%

30.4%

Conditions & management

 Dispensed antibiotic in last year

44.5%

39.9%

 Dispensed tramadol in last year

5.3%

5.1%

 Dispensed SSRI in last year

4.7%

6.8%

 Diabetes

5.9%

5.4%

 Average Multimorbidity (M3)

0.151

0.132

 First Specialist Assessment (FSA) ^b

7.6%, 1.3%, 0.4%

8.1%, 1.5%, 0.5%

 FSA not attended in last year ^b

1.19%, 0.25%, 0.06%

0.57%, 0.09%, 0.02%

 Continuity of practice

74.6%

76.8%

Rurality & distance

 Patient distance to nearest ED (km) ^a

6.9 (3.3 – 19.7)

6.8 (3.5 – 16.6)

 Patient rural residential address

21.5%

15.0%

RN & GP time

 RN hours / 1000 enrolled patients ^a

0.11 (0 – 0.52)

0.09 (0 – 0.49)

 GP hours / 1000 enrolled patients ^a

0.46 (0.22 – 0.88)

0.48 (0.22 – 0.88)