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Postgrad Med J 81:467-469 doi:10.1136/pgmj.2004.027516
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Measuring the quality of referral letters about patients with upper gastrointestinal symptoms

Table 1

 Differences between respondents and non-respondents

Respondents(n = 102) Non-respondents (n = 36) Mean difference 95% CI Test and p value
Data for all practitioners were not available. Figures in parentheses are standard deviations unless otherwise stated.
Age 47 (8) 49 (8.6) 1.85 t test
n = 99 n = 29 (−5.3 to1.6) p = 0.29
Sex 29F: 73M 7F: 27M χ2 test
p>0.1
List size 1997 (766) 2138 (872) 140 t test
n = 93 n = 26 (−488 to 206) p = 0.42
Single handed 8 4 Fisher’s exact test
p = 1.0
Ethnicity non-European 24/97 9/28 χ2 test
p = 0.47

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