Since correlated variables may disturb predictor selection[ 23], in case of correlated variables (r ≥ 0.5) the most easily obtainable variable in clinical practice was obtained for further analyses.
Information on whether one or more nurses were employed in the practice was obtained for 301 of the participating GPs.
Based on the practice postcode, a list of Lower Layer Super Output Areas [ 7] was obtained for all practices.
Competencies and standards for NP practice were obtained from the College of Registered Nurses of British Columbia's website.
A similar set of predictors and results was obtained for the Practice scale score.
26 27 For example, Khan reported that particularly high (>90%) proportions of cases recorded in the general practice record were confirmed when further information was obtained for several outcomes including cerebrovascular disease, hip fracture, and upper gastrointestinal bleeding.
Although the informed consent was obtained for recent samples, it was not standard practice to obtain it for older samples.
Within this cohort, general practice data were obtained for the subset of participants where general practitioners gave permission for their data to be extracted.
Data from the English national GP Patient Survey (2,169,718 respondents), the number of voluntary disenrollments without change of address, data relating to practice characteristics (ethnicity, deprivation, gender of patients, practice size and practice density) and doctor characteristics were obtained for all family practices in England (n = 8450).
However, unlike from other Authors, who generally emphasize discrepancy between safe beliefs vs. unsafe practices, in the current study, comparatively better results were obtained for practices than knowledge and attitudes [ 19, 20].
