Association of capitation funding with overall practice CQC rating: predictor variable in fully adjusted model
| Characteristics | OR | 95% CI |
| Capitation funding per patient (SD units)† | 1.13*** | 1.06 to 1.19 |
| Year 2 | 0.92 | 0.80 to 1.05 |
| Year 3 | 0.76** | 0.64 to 0.91 |
| Deprivation | 0.99** | 0.98 to 0.99 |
| Patients aged 0–4 years (proportion) | 1.00 | 0.95 to 1.05 |
| Patients aged 75 years or old (proportion) | 0.99 | 0.96 to 1.17 |
| Patients in nursing home (proportion) | 1.13* | 1.02 to 1.26 |
| Patients Asian or black ethnicity (proportion) | 0.99* | 0.99 to 1.00 |
| Region: Midlands‡ | 0.64*** | 0.55 to 0.76 |
| Region: London‡ | 0.56*** | 0.93 to 0.98 |
| Region: South‡ | 0.48** | 0.40 to 0.58 |
| Minimum distance to hospital | 1.00 | 1.00 to 1.00 |
| Rurality (yes/no) | 1.50** | 1.18 to 1.92 |
| Contract type (GMS/PMS) | 1.08 | 0.96 to 1.23 |
| Dispensing practice status (yes/no) | 1.1 | 0.88 to 1.38 |
| Single-handed practice (yes/no) | 0.53*** | 0.44 to 0.63 |
| Training practice status (yes/no) | 2.30*** | 1.99 to 2.65 |
*P<0.05; **P<0.01; ***P<0.001.
†ORs based on SD units.
‡Comparator Region: North.
CQC, Care Quality Commission; GMS, General medical services; PMS, Personal Medical Services.