Skip to main content

Table 2 Comparison of OPTI-SCRIPT participating practices and patients to national populations

From: A process evaluation of a cluster randomised trial to reduce potentially inappropriate prescribing in older people in primary care (OPTI-SCRIPT study)

Characteristic

Study participants

National population

GP practice

 Practice type

  GMS and private

100 %

96.0 %a

 GMS list size

  500 or less

14.3 %

29.8 %b

  501–1500

23.8 %

59.6 %b

  1501–2500

61.9 %

10.6 %b

 Practice staff

  Single-handed GP

14.3 %

35.0 %a

  2+ GPs

85.7 %

65.0 %a

  Practice manager

71.4 %

30.0 %a

 Practice location

  Urban

76.2 %

43.0 %a

  Mixed

23.8 %

36.0 %a

 Teaching activity

100 %

42.0 %a

Patients

 Total population

  Male

105 (53.6 %)

157,016 (43.4 %)c

 Age category

  70–75

94 (48.5 %)

154,286 (42.6 %)c

  76–80

58 (29.7 %)

95,894 (26.5 %)c

  81–85

35 (17.9 %)

63,406 (17.5 %)c

  86–90

6 (3.1 %)

34,358 (9.5 %)c

  91 and over

2 (1.0 %)

13,811 (3.8 %)c

 Marital status

  Married

107 (54.9 %)

170,560 (47.1 %)c

  Single

24 (12.3 %)

55,371 (15.3 %)c

  Widowed

58 (29.7 %)

125,551 (34.7 %)c

  Divorced

3 (1.5 %)

3,767 (1.0 %)c

  Separated

2 (1.0 %)

6,506 (1.8 %)c

 GMS card holder

183 (93.4 %)

360,000 (96.0 %)b

  1. Abbreviations: OPTI-SCRIPT OPTImizing PreSCRIbing for Older People in Primary Care, a cluster-randomised controlled trial, GP General Practitioner, GMS General Medical Services
  2. Sources:
  3. aO’Dowd et al. [51]
  4. bPrimary Care Reimbursement Service report 2011, Table 10 [52]
  5. cCensus of Population 2011