Further evidence on the link between healthcare spending and health outcomes in England
May 2008
Key points
- Our earlier study employed programme budgeting expenditure data for 2004/05 to model:
- outcomes as a function of need and expenditure
- expenditure as a function of need, total budget and other calls on PCT expenditure.
- In this study we update our earlier results for cancer and circulation problems using expenditure data for 2005/06
- Using this data set, we also apply our outcome and expenditure models to several other programmes of care.
- Satisfactory regression results are obtained for five further programmes: neurological, respiratory, gastro-intestinal, diabetes, and trauma, burns and injuries).
This report examines the link between healthcare spending and health outcomes across primary care trusts.
In this study the authors update results of an earlier study on mortality rates and cancer and circulation problems using expenditure data for 2005/06. Using this data set, they also apply their outcome and expenditure models to several other programmes of care. They present satisfactory regression results for five further programmes: neurological, respiratory, gastro-intestinal, diabetes, and trauma, burns and injuries.
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