From: Primary care capitation payments in the UK. An observational study
Index | Brief description of index | Interquartile range† | Change in percentage explained‡ |
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Age Sex Index | Compensates for higher consulting rates for women and patients at the extremes of age by weighting patients according to age and sex | 0.93 - 1.05 | 39% |
Additional Needs Index | Deprivation related clinical workload indicator generated using Standard Mortality and Long Standing Illness data | 0.91 - 1.10 | 58% |
Rurality Index | Generated from population density data and average distance of patients' homes from the practice main surgery | 0.97 - 1.01 | 11% |
MFF* Index | Represents local labour costs and calculated according to the practice main surgery address | 0.97 - 1.02 | 7% |
List Turnover Index | Compensates for high patient turnover and generated from counts of new patients | 0.99 - 1.01 | 3% |
NRH* Index | Compensates for additional home visits generated by patients in nursing and residential care | 1.00 - 1.00 | 3% |