Table 1.
Levels of reported achievement and selected characteristics of 52 total purchasing pilots, 1996-7. Values are numbers (percentages) unless stated otherwise
| Level of achievement and characteristics | Type of pilot*
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undeveloped (n=2) | Developmental (n=11) | Copurchaser (n=8) | Primary care developer (n=8) | Commissioner (n=23) | |
| Level of reported achievement† in pilot’s own terms: | |||||
| Low | 2 (100) | 8 (73) | 3 (38) | 2 (25) | 4 (17) |
| Medium | 0 | 2 (18) | 4 (50) | 5 (63) | 6 (26) |
| High | 0 | 1 (9) | 1 (13) | 1 (13) | 13 (57) |
| Level of reported achievement† in services related to total purchasing: | |||||
| Low | 2 (100) | 11 (100) | 7 (88) | 6 (75) | 6 (26) |
| Medium | 0 | 0 | 1 (13) | 2 (25) | 6 (26) |
| High | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 (48) |
| Size of pilot: | |||||
| Median No of practices | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| Median No of practitioners | 17 | 23 | 13 | 16 | 13 |
| Median population | 32 689 | 36 590 | 24 750 | 27 500 | 25 000 |
| Organisational structure: | |||||
| Complex | 1 (50) | 6 (55) | 2 (25) | 2 (25) | 9 (39) |
| Intermediate | 1 (50) | 3 (27) | 4 (50) | 3 (38) | 6 (26) |
| Simple | 0 | 2 (18) | 2 (25) | 3 (38) | 8 (35) |
| Median cost of direct management per patient (£) | 0.91 | 2.86 | 1.61 | 2.80 | 3.10 |
*
See Introduction for definitions of the five types. †Low achievement comprises groups 1 and 2; medium achievement, group 3; and high achievement, groups 4 and 5. See Methods for further clarification.