Table 2.
Mean (£) total funding per patient to practices by deprivation decile
| Deprivation decile | Total contract payments, mean (SD) £ per patient | Difference from least deprived decile, £ per patient | Total contract payments minus correction factor payments, mean (SD) £ per patient | Difference from least deprived decile, £ per patient | Total contract payments excluding remote and very remote practices,a mean (SD) £ per patient | Difference from least deprived decile, £ per patient |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 – least deprived | 111.51 (26.2) | – | 108.09 (20.2) | – | 107.80 (14.9) | – |
| 2 | 142.57 (61.7) | 31.06 (P<0.01) | 131.18 (41.4) | 25.09 (P<0.01) | 120.14 (24.1) | 12.34 (P<0.01) |
| 3 | 126.65 (42.3) | 15.14 (P= 0.01) | 119.10 (29.4) | 11.01 (P= 0.01) | 111.68 (18.4) | 3.88 (P= 0.20) |
| 4 | 120.36 (28.6) | 8.85 (P= 0.13) | 115.29 (22.6) | 7.20 (P= 0.13) | 112.10 (14.0) | 4.30 (P= 0.34) |
| 5 | 133.66 (51.3) | 22.15 (P<0.01) | 128.16 (45.2) | 20.06 (P<0.01) | 115.64 (16.9) | 7.84 (P= 0.01) |
| 6 | 126.90 (48.6) | 15.39 (P<0.01) | 119.78 (38.1) | 11.69 (P= 0.01) | 115.37 (19.5) | 7.57 (P= 0.04) |
| 7 | 117.38 (28.8) | 5.87 (P= 0.31) | 115.01 (28.9) | 6.92 (P= 0.14) | 112.93 (17.5) | 5.13 (P= 0.09) |
| 8 | 114.57 (19.6) | 3.06 (P= 0.60) | 112.68 (19.7) | 4.58 (P= 0.34) | 114.14 (19.7) | 6.34 (P= 0.04) |
| 9 | 116.22 (15.2) | 4.71 (P= 0.42) | 113.42 (14.0) | 5.33 (P= 0.27) | 115.02 (15.1) | 7.21 (P= 0.01) |
| 10 – most deprived | 120.43 (20.7) | 8.92 (P= 0.10) | 117.45 (20.2) | 9.36 (P= 0.04) | 121.65 (20.7) | 13.85 (P<0.01) |
| Scotland mean | 123.32 (38.40) | – | 118.07 (30.40) | – | 115.52 (25.79) | 123.32 (38.40) |
| Spearman ρ | −0.09 | P= 0.03 | 0.04 | P= 0.13 | 0.07 | P= 0.09 |
a
Remote and very remote practices based on Scottish Executive Urban rural classification, defined as those between 30 and 60 minutes (remote) or >60 minutes (very remote) drive-time from an urban area of >10 000 people.