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Table 4 Gini coefficients by year and group

From: What impact did the creation of Local Health Care Co-operatives have on indicators of practice resources and activity?

 

1999

2003

Indicator

Participants

Non-participants

Ineligible

Participants

Non-participants

Ineligible

Resources

      

GPs (WTE/1,000 patients)

0.113

0.214↑

0.173↑

0.118*

0.185↑

0.168

Staff costs (£ per patient)

0.258

0.317

0.496↑

0.178*

0.383↑

0.264* ↑

Total resources (£ per patient)

0.078

0.128↑

0.184

0.083*

0.122↑

0.186

Prescribing (DDDs per patient)

      

Statins

0.212

0.231

0.170↑

0.182*

0.160

0.162↑

Anti-depressants

0.151

0.200

0.116↑

0.150*

0.176

0.120↑

Access to secondary care

      

Referrals per patient

0.118

0.132

0.096↑

0.132*

0.127

0.106↑

  1. * Indicates statistically significant change over time.
  2. ↑ Indicates statistically significant difference from participants in time period.