Table 5.
Relationship between type of cataract care provider (ITCs vs GHs) and the log costs of all claims per patients’ care pathway and quality of care (NPS and PROM), rotating log costs and quality of care as outcome or control variable (2013 and 2014)
| Cataract | Cataract | Cataract | Cataract | Cataract | Cataract | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
2013 log costsa |
2014 log costsa |
2013 NPSb |
2014 NPSb |
2013 PROMb |
2014 PROMb |
|
| GHs | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference |
| ITC | −0.07*** (0.00) | −0.07*** (0.00) | 0.16*** (0.00) | 0.13*** (0.00) | 0.01*** (0.00) | −0.01*** (0.00) |
| Observations | 29 486 | 28 582 | 29 486 | 28 582 | 29 486 | 28 582 |
Controlled for academic hospitals, tertiary care hospitals, SES, gender, multimorbidity, ocular comorbidity, aged 85 or older, high and low volume providers, 2 or more operations, type of operation (complex).
Standard errors in parentheses.
a
Controlled for NPS and PROM.
b
Controlled for log costs.
***
P < .01.