The impact of status and social context on health service co-design: an example from a collaborative improvement initiative in UK primary care

Table 1 Characteristics of participating practices

Practice Characteristics	Practice 1	Practice 2	Practice 3	Practice 4
Number of GPs (fte)^a	7.3	3.0	6.3	12.3
IMD Ranking^b	15,066	13,866	871	7127
Number of patients	23,727	8447	7059	27,430

^aFull time equivalent
^bThe IMD codes [33] produced by the UK government and first released in 2004, provide indicators of deprivation in local authority areas to inform health and social policy. The higher the ranking the more deprived the area

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