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The outcome was log-transformed average NHS practice payments per patient (net of deductions\/reimbursements). The fixed effects were time (categorical), the Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) score (higher score indicates greater deprivation), and seven covariates (geographical, population, or organisational). The random effect was practices\u2019 random intercepts.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Among 5726 included practices, median payments increased in nominal terms (8.6%) but decreased in real terms (\u201312.6% consumer price index [CPI] and \u20139.0% CPI for health). The IMD\u2013payment trend relationship was curvilinear, peaking at IMD 49.8 (1.4% above mean deprivation, IMD 23.2), declining to 0.6% higher at IMD 70.0. More positive payment trends were associated with non-London regions, rurality, greater long-term conditions (LTCs) prevalence, and higher baseline payments; less positive trends were associated with more patients aged &lt;16 years, larger lists, and personal medical services contracts. In interaction models, rurality increased whereas higher LTCs decreased IMD\u2019s impact.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Deprivation had a positive but diminishing association with payment trends as deprivation increased, moderated by geography and morbidity. Payment uplifts must match inflation. Funding formulas must better compensate for deprivation and morbidity, address the attenuated positive effect of deprivation in practices with more patients with LTCs, and minimise geographical inequalities.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3399\/bjgp.2025.0498","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,3,10]],"date-time":"2026-03-10T18:15:19Z","timestamp":1773166519000},"page":"e486-e494","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Deprivation scores and NHS practice payment trends in England 2018\u20132019 to 2023\u20132024:a multivariable analysis"],"prefix":"10.3399","volume":"76","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7092-8117","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Louis Steven","family":"Levene","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2936-8592","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Christopher","family":"Newby","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0001-7096-517X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"George K","family":"Freeman","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5157-0431","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Emilie M","family":"Couchman","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9215-0086","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Richard H","family":"Baker","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1987","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,3,10]]},"reference":[{"key":"2026083105503087000_76.767.e486.1","unstructured":"Marmot M Allen J Goldblatt P (2010) Fair society, healthy lives: the Marmot review. accessed. https:\/\/www.instituteofhealthequity.org\/resources-reports\/fair-society-healthy-lives-the-marmot-review\/fair-society-healthy-lives-full-report-pdf.pdf. 15 Apr 2026."},{"key":"2026083105503087000_76.767.e486.2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/S0140-6736(02)95376-6"},{"key":"2026083105503087000_76.767.e486.3","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1136\/bmj.m693"},{"key":"2026083105503087000_76.767.e486.4","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3399\/bjgp16X688345"},{"key":"2026083105503087000_76.767.e486.5","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3399\/bjgp19X704549"},{"key":"2026083105503087000_76.767.e486.6","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1136\/bmj.g7648"},{"key":"2026083105503087000_76.767.e486.7","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3399\/bjgp19X705545"},{"key":"2026083105503087000_76.767.e486.8","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1186\/s12916-017-0996-0"},{"key":"2026083105503087000_76.767.e486.9","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"117996","DOI":"10.1016\/j.socscimed.2025.117996","article-title":"Horizontal equity in primary care financing: an assessment of payments to general practices in England, 2014\u20132022","volume":"373","author":"Lo","year":"2025","journal-title":"Soc Sci Med"},{"key":"2026083105503087000_76.767.e486.10","unstructured":"NHS England (2026) NHS payments to general practice. accessed. https:\/\/digital.nhs.uk\/data-and-information\/publications\/statistical\/nhs-payments-to-general-practice. 15 Apr 2026."},{"key":"2026083105503087000_76.767.e486.11","unstructured":"British Medical Assocation (BMA) (2015) Focus on the global sum allocation formula (Carr-Hill formula). accessed. https:\/\/www.northstaffslmc.co.uk\/website\/LMC001\/files\/Focus-on-the-Global-Sum-Allocation-Formula-July-2015.pdf. 16 Apr 2026."},{"key":"2026083105503087000_76.767.e486.12","unstructured":"BMA (2024) Global sum allocation formula. accessed. https:\/\/www.bma.org.uk\/advice-and-support\/gp-practices\/funding-and-contracts\/global-sum-allocation-formula. 16 Apr 2026."},{"key":"2026083105503087000_76.767.e486.13","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3399\/bjgp20X714029"},{"key":"2026083105503087000_76.767.e486.14","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1475-5890.2016.12109"},{"key":"2026083105503087000_76.767.e486.15","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3399\/BJGPO.2021.0066"},{"key":"2026083105503087000_76.767.e486.16","unstructured":"Department of Health Financial Planning and Allocations Division (2011) Resource allocation: weighted capitation formula. 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