Table 5.

Units of medical resource used and actual expenditure per resource.

	Month 1 (12 participants)			Month 2 (10 participants)			Mean expenditure over the first two months
	Units used	Total expenditure per resource	Average expenditure per patient	Units used	Total expenditure per resource	Average expenditure per patient
Hospital-based resources
Days in-hospital stay	21	£9,387	£782	11	£4,917	£492	£7,152
Non-elective attendance to A&E or similar	1	£382	£32	3	£1,146	£115	£764
Delivery of parenteral chemotherapy at first attendance	9	£2,768	£231	0	-	-	£1,384
Delivery of subsequent elements of a chemotherapy cycle	0	-	-	27	£2,663	£266	£1,331
Radiotherapy	0	-	-	5	£714	£71	£357
Consultant appointments	11	£655	£55	8	£476	£48	£565
Specialist nurse appointments	21	£525	£44	44	£1,100	£110	£813
Community-based resources
GP appointments	7	£275	£23	2	£78	£8	£177
GP telephone call	2	£17	£1	6	£50	£5	£4
Primary care nurse appointment	6	£147	£12	4	£92	£9	£120
Primary care nurse home visits	5	£115	£10	0	-	-	£58
Dietician appointment	2	£50	£4	3	£75	£8	£63
Occupational health appointment	1	£25	£2	0	-	-	£13
Community equipment (stairlift)	1	£654	£55	0	-	-	£327
Appointments with other health professionals	4	£100	£8	3	£75	£8	£88
Total costs		£15,099	£1,258		£17,711	£1,771	£16,405*
Medical prescriptions	-	£384	£35	-	£208	£20
Out of pocket expenses
Travel for medical appointments (in miles)	887	£133	£11	1972	£296	£30	£214
Car parking expenditure	-	£46	£4	-	£72	£7	£59

*Mean expenditure per patient for the first two months was £1491.