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Table 4 Numbers of patients referred to other services

From: The Sandwell Project: A controlled evaluation of a programme of targeted screening for prevention of cardiovascular disease in primary care

Practice

Referred for advice on physical activity (%)*

Referred to dietician (%)*

Referred to smoking cessation service (% of smokers)

PN1

9 (8.7%)

2 (1.9%)

7 (6.8%)

PN2

10 (7.8%)

1 (0.8%)

13 (10.2%)

PN3

14 (8.5%)

3 (1.8%)

4 (2.4%)

PN4

7 (3.4%)

4 (2.0%)

18 (8.9%)

All project nurse practices

40 (6.7%)

10 (1.7%)

42 (7.0%)

Info1

3 (1.7%)

0 (0.0%)

10 (5.7%)

Info2

1 (0.3%)

0 (0.0%)

1 (0.3%)

All information only practices

4 (0.9%)

0 (0.0%)

11 (2.4%)

All practices

44 (4.1%)

10 (0.9%)

53 (5.0%)

  1. * Percentage of all those suitable for assessment (see Table 3 for denominator)