Table 4.
Effects of payment by results on measures of quality of care: rates of in-hospital mortality, 30 day post-surgical mortality, and emergency readmission after treatment for hip fracture (change in percentage points)
| Treatment group | Control group | Year | In-hospital mortality | 30 day mortality | Hip fracture emergency readmissions | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Change | No* | Change | No* | Change | No* | |||||
| Foundation trusts | Non-foundation trusts | 2003/4-2004/5 | 0.01 | 19 744 | 0.01 | 6 775 | −0.68 | 107 | ||
| Foundation trusts | Scotland | 2003/4-2004/5 | −0.05 | 5 090 | 0.03 | 2 215 | 0.73 | 29 | ||
| Non-foundation trusts‡ | Scotland‡ | 2004/5-2005/6 | −0.00 | 6 840 | −0.05 | 3 823 | 0.00 | 102 | ||
| Foundation trusts | Scotland | 2003/4-2005/6 | −0.28† | 2 192 | −0.00 | 1 046 | −1.20 | 14 | ||
*Number of observations in 1000s.
†Significant at P<0.01.
‡Elective only.