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

Table 3 Group means by year and group

	1999			2003
Indicator	Participants	Non-participants	Ineligible	Participants	Non-participants	Ineligible
Resources
GPs (WTE per 1,000 patients)	0.649	0.634	0.727↑	0.654*	0.652	0.736↑
Staff costs (£ per patient)	10.91	9.20	11.03	15.30*	11.59*	17.21* ↑
Total resources (£ per patient)	41.50	40.63	47.01↑	50.01*	48.57	56.21* ↑
Prescribing (DDDs per patient)
Statins	5.97	5.23	4.91↑	22.81*	22.93*	22.31*
Anti-depressants	13.51	12.72	13.22	20.83*	20.51*	20.13*
Access to secondary care
Referrals per patient	200.7	201.2	187.8↑	187.1*	183.1	180.1↑

* Indicates statistically significant change over time (p < 0.05).
↑ Indicates statistically significant difference from participants in time period (p < 0.05).

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