Table 3.
Mean total funding per patient for individual categories by deprivation decile
| Deprivation decile | Essential contract payments, mean (SD), £ per patient | Difference from least deprived decile, £ per patient | QOF contract payments, mean (SD), £ per patient | Difference from least deprived decile, £ per patient | Enhanced contract payments, mean (SD), £ per patient | Difference from least deprived decile, £ per patient |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 - least deprived | 84.78 (24.7) | – | 22.3 (3.1) | – | 4.34 (1.9) | – |
| 2 | 114.85 (61.4) | 30.1 (P<0.001) | 23.50 (3.3) | 1.13 (P= 0.01) | 4.20 (1.6) | −0.13 (P= 0.58) |
| 3 | 98.33 (41.4) | 13.6 (P= 0.01) | 24.02 (3.6) | 1.64 (P= 0.01) | 4.28 (1.7) | −0.06 (P= 0.81) |
| 4 | 91.19 (27.2) | 6.4 (P= 0.23) | 24.97 (2.6) | 2.61 (P<0.001) | 4.18 (1.3) | −0.16 (P= 0.51) |
| 5 | 104.39 (51.2) | 19.6 (P= 0.01) | 25.04 (2.5) | 2.66 (P<0.001) | 4.22 (1.4) | −0.12 (P= 0.63) |
| 6 | 97.47 (47.2) | 12.7 (P= 0.02) | 25.27(3.2) | 2.89 (P<0.001) | 4.14 (2.0) | −0.19 (P= 0.42) |
| 7 | 89.95 (28.5) | 4.2 (P= 0.46) | 24.3 (3.3) | 2.05 (P<0.001) | 4.00 (1.4) | −0.35 (P= 0.15) |
| 8 | 85.29 (18.9) | 0.51 (P= 0.92) | 25.28 (3.0) | 2.91 (P<0.001) | 3.98 (2.0) | −0.36 (P= 0.15) |
| 9 | 86.69 (13.7) | 1.89 (P= 0.74) | 25.67 (3.3) | 3.29 (P<0.001) | 3.86 (1.6) | −0.47 (P= 0.06) |
| 10 - most deprived | 91.12 (19.4) | 6.3 (P= 0.24) | 25.98 (3.0) | 3.59 (P<0.001) | 3.32 (1.1) | −1.01 (P<0.001) |
| Scotland mean | 94.58 (37.7) | – | 24.70 (3.26) | – | 4.03 (1.6) | – |
| Spearman ρ | −0.10 | P=0.01 | 0.27 | P<0.001 | −0.17 | P<0.001 |
QOF = Quality and Outcomes Framework.