GPs alone can manage the vast majority of presentations in general practice. Greater GP access to diagnostic and therapeutic interventions may reduce outpatient referrals. GPs in group practices may collectively have greater experience and expertise and therefore can manage more patients in primary care. There is a significant variation in referral rates between both genders.
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