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Table 3 Māori practices and Total practices: profile of patient populations

From: Hauora Māori – Māori health: a right to equal outcomes in primary care

 

Māori practices n = 65

Total practices n = 924

Patient number, age, ethnicity

 N patients enrolled a

2954 (1528—4975)

3622 (2074—6189)

 Age ≤ 14 a

24.8% (22.1—27.5)

19.4% (16.9—22.4)

 Age ≥ 65 a

10.8% (7.7—14.5)

16.4% (11.6—21.1)

 Māori patients a

61.8% (34.9 – 77.3)

9.5% (5.7—17.1)

 Pacific patients a

3.5% (1.8 – 8.5)

2.0% (1.1—5.0)

 Non-Māori non-Pacific patients a

28.6% (16.8 – 54.6)

87.0% (72.5—91.9)

Level of deprivation

 Quintile 5 a

58.4% (38.2—71.9)

11.7% (4.8—29.1)

 Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) a

4568 (3987—5030)

2882 (2191—3775)

 VLCA

93.9%

29.7%

Conditions & management

 Dispensed SSRI in last year a

4.4% (3.1—6.5)

7.0% (5.2—8.5)

 Dispensed antibiotic in last year a

41.9% (36.6—45.0)

39.9% (35.3—44.5)

 Diabetes a

7.6% (6.7—8.7)

5.2% (4.0—6.8)

 Multimorbidity index (M3) a

0.18 (0.16—0.21)

0.14 (0.11—0.16)

 First Specialist Assessment (FSA) attended in last year b

0.13 (0.11—0.16)

0.12 (0.11—0.15)

 FSA not attended in last year b

0.02 (0.01—0.03)

0.01 (0—0.01)

 Continuity of practice a

73.3% (66.7—79.2)

79.2% (73.0—83.5)

Rurality & distance

 Practice distance to nearest ED (km) a

8.7 (5.9—28.4)

7.4 (5.6—16.1)

 Practice rural

33.9%

16.8%

RN & GP time

 RN hours / 1000 enrolled patients a

0.79 (0.68—0.97)

0.54 (0.38—0.72)

 GP hours / 1000 enrolled patients a

0.68 (0.55—0.9)

0.63 (0.51—0.79)

Preventative care

 Cervical screening / 1000 women

394

341

 Cardiovascular risk assessment / 1000 adults

238

211

 HbA1c testing / 1000 adults with diabetes

1630

1890

  1. a number or percentage median (25th–75th centile)
  2. median FSA attended or not attended per person (25th – 75th centile)