Table 2 Regressions of appointment rates on workforce numbers and population age structure in the pre-pandemic and post-lockdown periods

Log-transformed FTEs per 10,000:

 GPs

−0.011

−0.038

[−0.046,0.023]

[−0.079,0.004]

 GP trainees

0.008^***

0.014^*

[0.004,0.011]

[0.004,0.024]

 Nurses

0.047^***

0.043^**

[0.021,0.072]

[0.015,0.070]

 Direct Patient Care

−0.008

0.003

[−0.019,0.003]

[−0.009,0.015]

Registered population:

 % of patients aged 0–4 years

−0.003

−0.049^*

[−0.027,0.022]

[−0.091,−0.008]

 % of patients aged 80 + years

0.030

0.164^***

[−0.014,0.074]

[0.135,0.194]

N

2544

2544

Within-R ²

0.689

0.797