Descriptive statistics for self-referred discharged ED visits, and characteristics of general practices and their registered populations in England, 2010-11.

7,856 general practices were included in the analysis.Urban/Rural classification: Urban (n = 6,631); Rural (n = 1,225).Strategic Health Authority: North East (n = 379); North West (n = 1,202); Yorkshire and the Humber (n = 748); East Midlands (n = 604); West Midlands (n = 916); East of England (n = 764); London (n = 1,424) South East Coast (n = 616); South Central (n = 492); South West (n = 711).*IQR: interquartile range.†Number of self-referred discharged ED visits per registered patient.‡The question in the GP Patient Survey associated with this variable was only completed by patients who had tried to see a GP within two weekdays in the past six months.