Table 1.

 Clinical outcomes, quality of life, and cost, in patients randomised to conventional hospital care or an early discharge programme

	Early discharge	Hospital care	Difference between cost of early discharge and hospital care	*95% CI	p Value
In-hospital clinical events	20/65 (30%)	8/32 (25%)			0.55
SF-36 PCS 12 weeks	47.4 (11.8)	49.0 (11.7)	−0.5	(−5.8 to 4.8)	0.85
SF-36 MCS 12 weeks	48.9 (8.2)	49.2 (8.6)	0.6	(−2.7 to 3.8)	0.73
Total hospital LOS (days)	5.3 (2.68)	8.0 (1.78)			<0.001
†Hospital costs for CABG*	£5644	£5629	£15	£−363 to 457
Costs of re-admissions	£185	£492	£−306	£−758 to 61
Primary care costs	£58	£63	£−5	£−32 to 18
Costs of hospital visits	£240	£198	£42	£−45 to 124
‡Total costs at 12 weeks	£6127	£6381	£−254	£−919 to 348

LOS, length of stay; MCS, mental component score; PCS, physical component score

*95% CI for costs obtained using Bootstrap method; †hospital costs for the early discharge group include pre-admission clinic, in-hospital and homecare costs; ‡total costs include in-hospital, homecare, primary care, re-admission, and hospital visits costs.