Table 4.

Cost Index at provider-level

Provider	Cost in £000		Cost Index	Provider	Cost in £000		Cost Index
	Provider-level	National average			Provider-level	National average
1	26,975	17,033	1.58	30	20,059	19,304	1.04
2	40,690	29,037	1.40	31	26,361	25,421	1.04
3	78,502	59,910	1.31	32	21,288	20,570	1.03
4	45,275	35,958	1.26	33	26,314	25,562	1.03
5	60,469	48,157	1.26	34	66,783	65,472	1.02
6	3612	2955	1.22	35	36,994	36,354	1.02
7	16,342	13,461	1.21	36	33,322	32,783	1.02
8	43,626	36,033	1.21	37	27,527	27,414	1.00
9	25,345	21,162	1.20	38	20,163	20,222	1.00
10	42,652	36,891	1.16	39	34,682	34,827	1.00
11	6550	5721	1.15	40	22,738	23,244	0.98
12	8724	7676	1.14	41	18,405	18,817	0.98
13	24,980	22,170	1.13	42	18,903	19,372	0.98
14	45,197	40,395	1.12	43	12,880	13,230	0.97
15	29,514	26,682	1.11	44	31,117	32,618	0.95
16	12,589	11,431	1.10	45	73,666	77,863	0.95
17	66,282	60,226	1.10	46	62,504	67,029	0.93
18	16,333	14,881	1.10	47	25,382	27,736	0.92
19	42,916	39,223	1.09	48	25,453	28,024	0.91
20	29,982	27,433	1.09	49	33,198	36,892	0.90
21	55,295	50,950	1.09	50	31,469	36,250	0.87
22	16,433	15,290	1.07	51	9199	10,609	0.87
23	33,401	31,448	1.06	52	21,111	24,652	0.86
24	36,384	34,405	1.06	53	48,419	57,227	0.85
25	37,095	35,152	1.06	54	44,541	54,282	0.82
26	49,820	47,362	1.05	55	17,880	21,902	0.82
27	35,761	34,060	1.05	56	24,950	34,112	0.73
28	28,875	27,559	1.05	57	36,536	50,325	0.73
29	19,259	18,483	1.04
Mean	32,469	31,461		Min	3612	2955
St. Dev.	16,840	16,212		Max	78,502	77,863

Cost index provides provider-level average cluster costs. Values of the index above 1 are relatively high cost providers while those below 1 are relatively low cost providers