Table 3

Results of longitudinal fixed effects regression analysis for % GPs achieving 80% targets in cervical screening, 1991–1999

Deprivation group/variableCoefficient (p value)95% CIr2 (180 observations, 20 areas)
Affluent0.64
    %GPs 65+−7.79 (0.000) (−9.39 to −6.19)
    GP65*year1.53 (0.000) (1.20 to 1.86)
    Nurses per 10000 registered population7.49 (0.000) (3.31 to 11.66)
    Nurses*year−1.06 (0.001) (−1.70 to −0.42)
    Year1.82 (0.010) (0.44 to 3.21)
Neither0.73
    %GPs 65+−3.04 (0.000) (−4.44 to −1.63)
    GP65*year0.42 (0.000) (0.21 to 0.64)
    Nurses per 10000 registered population9.83 (0.000) (5.13 to 14.54)
    Nurses*year−1.25 (0.000) (−1.92 to −0.57)
    List inflation (female)−1.40 (0.000) (−1.96 to −0.83)
    Year3.78 (0.000) (2.28 to 5.28)
Deprived0.75
    %GPs 65+−1.64 (0.000) (−2.47 to −0.80)
    Nurses per 10000 registered population20.20 (0.000) (12.65 to 27.76)
    Nurses*year−4.12 (0.000) (−5.30 to −2.95)
    List inflation (female)−0.70 (0.001) (−1.10 to −0.29)
    Year10.60 (0.000) (8.51 to 12.68)