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Table 3 Rates of recording of ethnicity by patient group

From: Detecting referral and selection bias by the anonymous linkage of practice, hospital and clinic data using Secure and Private Record Linkage (SAPREL): case study from the evaluation of the Improved Access to Psychological Therapy (IAPT) service

 

In-depth study cohort

CMHP

IAPT clinic referral

Use hospital services

GP list population

No ethnicity code/not stated

113

68.1%

394

35.2%

5732

46.9%

23205

38.6%

62389

41.0%

White

48

28.9%

536

47.9%

4940

40.5%

21318

35.4%

49127

32.3%

Mixed

0

0.0%

10

0.9%

78

0.6%

605

1.0%

1432

0.9%

Asian or Asian British

5

3.0%

91

8.1%

710

5.8%

7470

12.4%

19550

12.8%

Black or Black British

0

0.0%

78

7.0%

639

5.2%

6345

10.5%

15957

10.5%

Chinese/other ethnic group

0

0.0%

9

0.8%

111

0.9%

1200

2.0%

3847

2.5%

Total

166

100%

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100%

12210

100%

60143

100%

152302

100%

  1. Over two-thirds of the in-depth study cohort do not have ethnicity recorded in their GP record