Frequency (n)a and percentage (%) | Practice setting (n) and percentage (%)b,c | p-value | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Public | Not public | ||||
Oral iron always first-line, IV possibly second-line | |||||
IDAP | Yes | 141 (33.9) | 112 (79.4) | 29 (20.6) | 0.705C |
No | 275 (66.1) | 214 (77.8) | 61 (22.2) | ||
ID without anaemia | Yes | 188 (45.9) | 148 (78.7) | 40 (21.3) | 0.846C |
No | 222 (54.1) | 173 (77.9) | 49 (22.1) | ||
Oral usually first-line, IV sometimes first-line and always second-line | |||||
IDAP | Yes | 247 (59.4) | 192 (77.7) | 55 (22.3) | 0.705C |
No | 169 (40.6) | 134 (79.3) | 35 (20.7) | ||
ID without anaemia | Yes | 91 (22.2) | 65 (71.4) | 26 (28.5) | 0.072C |
No | 319 (77.8) | 256 (80.3) | 63 (19.7) | ||
IV usually first-line | |||||
IDAP | Yes | 3 (0.7) | 3 (100) | 0 (0) | 1.000F |
No | 413 (99.3) | 323 (78.2) | 90 (21.8) | ||
ID without anaemia | Yes | 2 (0.5) | 2 (100) | 0 (0) | 1.000F |
No | 408 (99.5) | 319 (78.2) | 89 (21.8) | ||
IV never | |||||
IDAP | Yes | 1 (0.2) | 1 (100)) | 0 (0) | 1.000F |
No | 415 (99.8) | 325 (78.3) | 90 (21.7) | ||
ID without anaemia | Yes | 68 (16.6) | 55 (80.9) | 13 (19.1) | 0.571C |
No | 342 (83.4) | 266 (77.8) | 76 (22.2) | ||
No consistent policy | |||||
IDAP | Yes | 19 (4.6) | 14 (73.7) | 5 (26.3) | 0.575C |
No | 397 (95.4) | 312 (78.6) | 85 (21.4) | ||
ID without anaemia | Yes | 47 (11.5) | 38 (80.9) | 9 (19.1) | 0.651C |
No | 363 (88.5) | 283 (78.0) | 80 (22.0) |