Table 1.

Costs of public sector resources before and after randomisation by allocated treatment. Values are average numbers (SD) of units consumed unless stated otherwise

			Six months before randomisation		Six months before follow-up
Resource	Unit	Cost (£) per unit	Motivational group (n=347)	Social network group (n=261)	Motivational group (n=347)	Social network group (n=261)
General health care10
Hospital inpatient	Night	242	2.69 (6.85)	2.93 (6.68)	2.14 (10.46)	2.05 (8.89)
Hospital day patient	Visit	77	0.04 (0.20)	0.02 (0.16)	0.03 (0.17)	0.03 (0.16)
Hospital outpatient	Appointment	74	0.31 (0.70)	0.37 (0.76)	0.47 (1.18)	0.39 (0.98)
Hospital accident and emergency department	Visit	61	0.55 (0.83)	0.50 (0.81)	0.28 (0.61)	0.33 (0.71)
General practitioner:
At home	Home visit	59	0.12 (0.45)	0.15 (0.46)	0.12 (0.65)	0.12 (0.98)
In surgery	Consultation	19	4.05 (4.46)	3.75 (4.16)	3.11 (3.42)	3.84 (4.22)
Prescriptions	Prescription	19	11.61 (18.00)	12.39 (17.90)	11.65 (19.80)	11.68 (21.90)
Community psychiatric nurse	Home visit	27	0.61 (2.42)	0.96 (3.35)	0.32 (1.08)	0.48 (1.69)
Specialist alcohol treatment
Detoxification in primary care2	Episode	350	0.16 (0.71)	0.18 (0.66)	0.06 (0.47)	0.04 (0.39)
Alcohol agency:
Rehabilitation10	Night	89	0.32 (4.17)	0.24 (2.28)	0.13 (0.97)	0.10 (0.98)
Consultation*	Appointment	28	1.83 (2.56)	1.85 (2.37)	1.03 (9.90)	1.33 (7.61)
Social services10	Contact	7	1.51 (3.66)	1.84 (6.16)	1.12 (4.71)	1.06 (3.43)
Criminal justice11
Court attendance:
Crown court	Appearance	8824	0.017 (0.131)	0.027 (0.162)	0.020 (0.140)	0.011 (0.107)
Magistrates court attendance	Appearance	564	0.21 (0.76)	0.28 (0.79)	0.17 (1.02)	0.16 (0.74)

^*Estimated from data in UK alcohol treatment trial (excluding training costs).