Table 3.

Spearman's rank correlation between numbers of people with dementia diagnoses on PCT quality outcome framework register with PCT level prescription data

Years	Correlation of dementia diagnosis against items dispensed	p Value	Correlation of dementia diagnosis against NIC	p Value
2008/2009	0.58	<0.001	0.61	<0.001
2009/2010	0.57	<0.001	0.61	<0.001
2010/2011	0.57	<0.001	0.62	<0.001
2011/2012	0.56	<0.001	0.61	<0.001

NIC, net ingredient cost; PCT, primary care trust.