A person based formula for allocating commissioning funds to general practices in England: development of a statistical model.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To develop a formula for allocating resources for commissioning hospital care to all general practices in England based on the health needs of the people registered in each practice

Design

Multivariate prospective statistical models were developed in which routinely collected electronic information from 2005-6 and 2006-7 on individuals and the areas in which they lived was used to predict their costs of hospital care in the next year, 2007-8. Data on individuals included all diagnoses recorded at any inpatient admission. Models were developed on a random sample of 5 million people and validated on a second random sample of 5 million people and a third sample of 5 million people drawn from a random sample of practices.

Setting

All general practices in Englan

SUBMITTER: Dixon J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3222692 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature