Table 3.

Comparison of inputs and use in NHS and Kaiser, 2000

Inputs	NHS	Kaiser, California
Specialists per 100 000 people
Pediatricians	4.9*	12.3
Obstetricians-gynaecologists	4.1*	8.3
Oncologists	0.9*	1.7
Radiologists	4.3*	6.0
Cardiologists	0.8†	2.4
Primary care facilities
Percentage of primary care physicians in single handed practices	9%‡	0%
Average No of primary care physicians per office	3-5‡	20-40
Percentage of primary care physicians with laboratory, imaging, or pharmacy on site	25%-pharmacy (few with other services)	>95%
Percentage of primary care physicians connected to clinical IT system	100% by 2002	>95% today
Use
Average acute length of stay (days)	5.0§	3.9
Acute bed days per 1000 per year	1000	270

Sources: NHS plan,¹ OECD,⁶ HEDIS,⁸ unpublished Kaiser data, Department of Health,^{23 24} Office of Health Economics.²⁵ 

^*1999 Includes registrars as well as consultants for England. 

^†1998 Consultants for England. 

^‡1998 data. 

^§1996 latest OECD data. 

^¶1997 latest OECD data.