“…Given that the real-world RCT case study was a UK surgical trial, we searched for factors relevant to hospital care. The following characteristics were included in the Gix: bed capacity [15,[21][22][23], teaching function [21,[24][25][26][27], market environment [28,29], cost performance and the degree of specialisation [30,31] (Table 1). Market environment was operationalised using the UK Department of Health Market Forces Factor (MFF), a metric that accounts for three main categories of capital costs: labour (nonmedical staff and medical staff), land and buildings [32].…”