Table 2.

Health resource use for dyspepsia over two years and unit costs

Resource use related to dyspepsia	Resource use events; mean (SD) per participant*		Unit cost or range (£) and source
	Eradication group (n=775)	Placebo group (n=750)
General practitioner consultations	88; 0.11 (0.50)	120; 0.16 (0.52)	20†
General practitioner home visits	10; 0.001 (0.04)	10; 0.001 (0.04)	61†
Drug prescriptions	139; 0.18 (0.65)	127; 0.17 (0.56)	Variable‡
Endoscopies	25; 0.03 (0.20)	19; 0.03 (0.16)	65§
Secondary care procedures¶	21; 0.03 (0.20)	25; 0.03 (0.20)	65-226§

^*Rounded to two decimal places.

^†Netten and Curtis.²⁸

^‡BNF (gastrointestinal systems section 1.1-1.3).¹⁸

^§North Bristol NHS Trust, Bristol.

^¶Non-endoscopic secondary care procedures such as imaging combined as few occurred, and no inpatient stays occurred.