Table 3 Cost and cost difference per patient over the 12 months for first eye cataract surgery and no cataract surgery.
| Resource use item | Value (£ Sterling) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Surgery (n = 148) | No surgery (n = 140) | Mean difference (95% CI) | |
| Secondary health care | 2312 (2033) | 881 (1175) | 1432 (1049 to 1815) |
| Cataract operation | 672 (0) | 72 (209) | 600 (565 to 635) |
| Outpatients first and follow up visit | 1066 (751) | 520 (687) | 546 (379 to 713) |
| Cost per bed day | 519 (1703) | 193 (535) | 326 (36 to 616) |
| A&E | 32 (71) | 10 (31) | 22 (9 to 34) |
| Lower limb fractures | 5 (64) | 6 (66) | −0 (−15 to 15) |
| Upper limb fractures | 17 (121) | 80 (307) | −62 (−117 to −7) |
| Primary health care | 146 (133) | 137 (113) | 9 (−19 to 38) |
| GP (number of visits) | 99 (80) | 106 (104) | −7 (−28 to 15) |
| Practice/district nurse | 47 (90) | 31 (32) | 16 (1 to 32) |
| Personal social services | 791 (3113) | 231 (593) | 560 (45 to 1075) |
| LA home care worker | 147 (482) | 113 (377) | 35 (−65 to 135) |
| Day centre visits | 48 (234) | 43 (279) | 5 (−55 to 65) |
| Residential care | 546 (3056) | 28 (198) | 517 (20 to 1015) |
| Nursing home care | 0 (0) | 10 (91) | −10 (−26 to 5) |
| Meals on wheels | 28 (164) | 14 (171) | 14 (−25 to 53) |
| Special equipment | 22 (94) | 22 (79) | −0 (−20 to 20) |
| Patient and carer | 453 (1069) | 620 (1640) | −167 (−490 to 157) |
| Home care | 396 (847) | 471 (969) | −74 (−286 to 137) |
| Time costs | 56 (686) | 149 (1164) | −93 (−316 to 131) |
Values are mean (SD) 2004 pounds Sterling.
A&E, accident and emergency department; CI, confidence interval.