Table 1 Rates of growth in English NHS expenditure, activity and cost by healthcare setting
From: Trends in and drivers of healthcare expenditure in the English NHS: a retrospective analysis
Category | Setting | Type of Activity | Total Growth 2008/09–2016/17 | Mean year on year growth 2008/09–2016/17 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Expenditure | Activity | Cost | Expenditure | Activity | Cost | |||
Hospital Based Care (HBC) | Inpatient Care | FCE and Excess bed days | 38.6% | 19.5% | 16.0% | 4.2% | 2.3% | 1.9% |
Outpatient | Attendances and procedures | 57.2% | 43.7% | 9.4% | 5.8% | 4.7% | 1.1% | |
Accident & Emergency | Attendances, investigations, treatments | 59.5% | 30.2% | 22.5% | 6.0% | 3.4% | 2.6% | |
Specialist Services | Activity | 34.8% | 21.7% | 10.8% | 3.8% | 2.5% | 1.3% | |
HBC weighted average growth | 54.1% | 29.2% | 15.7% | 5.6% | 3.3% | 1.8% | ||
Diagnostics and Therapeutic (D&T) | Chemotherapy | Treatment, procurement | 113.1% | 110.2% | 1.4% | 10.0% | 9.9% | 0.4% |
Radiotherapy | Treatment, preparation | 42.9% | 72.1% | −17.0% | 4.6% | 7.3% | −2.2% | |
High Cost Drugs | Drug types | 230.7% | 270.5% | −10.7% | 16.7% | 18.0% | −1.2% | |
Radiology | Examinations | 34.1% | 39.8% | −4.1% | 3.8% | 4.3% | −0.5% | |
Diagnostic Tests | Tests | 47.3% | 59.0% | −7.4% | 5.1% | 6.2% | −0.8% | |
Renal Dialysis | Sessions | 16.1% | −1.0% | 17.3% | 1.9% | −0.1% | 2.0% | |
D&T weighted average growth | 155.2% | 191.1% | −7.0% | 12.5% | 14.4% | −0.9% | ||
Community Care (CC) | Community Prescribing | Prescriptions | 9.8% | 45.2% | −24.4% | 1.2% | 4.8% | −3.4% |
Community Services | Activity | 35.0% | 18.7% | 13.8% | 4.0% | 2.4% | 1.6% | |
Optometry & Dentistry | No. eye tests and dental procedures | 23.7% | 7.2% | 15.3% | 2.7% | 0.9% | 1.8% | |
Rehabilitation | Activity | 10.4% | −2.3% | 13.1% | 1.5% | −0.1% | 1.6% | |
CC weighted average growth | 19.2% | 34.7% | −7.1% | 2.3% | 3.8% | −0.9% | ||
Total: all settings | 50.2% | 40.3% | 7.1% | 5.2% | 4.3% | 0.9% | ||