Study variable | Reference | Explanation |
Advice to seek emergency care | All other care | 999 call or emergency care |
Advice to seek care face to face | Self-care | Care face to face (including emergency care) |
Gender | Male | Female |
Main symptom (from International Classification of Primary Care-2) | Not digestive | Digestive |
Relationship of patient to caller | Surrogate caller | Self |
Other ethnic background | White or unknown | Other |
Ethnicity known | Unknown | Known (white or other) |
Call occurred on Sunday | All other days | Sunday |
Call occurred on Monday | All other days | Monday |
Call occurred on Tuesday | All other days | Tuesday |
Call occurred on Wednesday | All other days | Wednesday |
Call occurred on Thursday | All other days | Thursday |
Call occurred on Friday | All other days | Friday |
Call occurred on Saturday | all other days | Saturday |
Deprivation fifth | Least deprived | Second least deprived (2=3rd most deprived; 3=2nd most deprived; 4 = most deprived) |