Table 4. Trust structures and processes by tertile of patients recruited to NIHR CRN portfolio studies/trust bed.
| Trust Patient Recruitment to NIHR CRN Portfolio Studies | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lowest Tertile of patients recruited/bed (n = 46) (95% confidence interval) | Middle Tertile of patients recruited/bed (n = 47) (95% confidence interval) | Highest Tertile of patients recruited/bed (n = 47) (95% confidence interval) | ||
| Total Trust Beds | 678 (593–763) | 645 (570–719) | 890 (780–1001) | |
| Research Measures | Patients recruited | 543 (449–638) | 1218 (1023–1413) | 6488 (3577–9398) |
| Scaled number of patients recruited (/bed) | 0.80 (0.70–0.90) | 1.85 (1.73–1.97) | 6.87 (4.47–9.26) | |
| Teaching hospitals n (%) | 0% | 10% | 44% | |
| Staffing | Doctors /bed | 0.64 (0.61–0.67) p<0.0001 | 0.69 (0.65–0.72) p<0.0001 | 0.87 (0.80–0.93) |
| Nurses & HCAs /bed | 1.7 (1.6–1.7) p<0.0001 | 1.8 (1.7–1.8) p<0.0001 | 2.1 (2.0–2.2) | |
| Other Structural Measures | Critical care beds /bed | 0.021 (0.019–0.023) p = 0.0047 | 0.021(0.019–0.023) p = 0.0061 | 0.026 (0.023–0.029) |
| Operating Theatres /bed | 0.025 (0.024–0.027) p = 0.0990 | 0.026 (0.024–0.028) p = 0.1928 | 0.028 (0.026–0.029) | |
| Radiodiagnostic procedures /bed | 108 (101–114) p = 0.0823 | 120 (112–128) p = 0.9946 | 119 (111–128) | |
Tukey’s range test was utilised to identify whether differences between tertiles was statistically significant. P values are for differences with the top tertile. Trusts in the highest tertile of patient recruitment had, or used, greater resources than trusts in the middle and lowest tertile. No significant differences between the lowest and middle tertile of recruitment though for radiodiagnostic procedures p = 0.0656.