Table 1.
Items of resource use in the CESAR trial
| Resource items | Instrument for data collection within CESAR trial | Source of unit cost data | References to sources |
| From trail entry to discharge from hospital | |||
| Days of organ support | Daily organ support form | ICU costing study | [36,37] |
| Days on ECMO | Daily organ support form | ICU costing study | [36,37] |
| Days on conventional ventilation | Daily organ support form | ICU costing study | [36,37] |
| Days in intensive care | Daily organ support form | ICU costing study | [36,37] |
| Days of other hospital stay before discharge | Outcomes data sheet | PSSRU – http://www.pssru.ac.uk/uc/uc2005contents.htm | [25] |
| Miles transported by air ambulance | Transport forms (a) and (b) | cost provided by transport provider | |
| Miles transported by land ambulance | Transport forms (a) and (b) | cost provided by ambulance trusts | |
| From discharge to follow-up at 6 months | |||
| Telephone contacts with GP | Events diary and patient cost questionnaire | PSSRU | [25] |
| Contacts with NHS direct | Events diary and patient cost questionnaire | NHS direct personal communication | |
| Visits to GP | Events diary and patient cost questionnaire | PSSRU | [25] |
| Home visits by nurse | Events diary and patient cost questionnaire | PSSRU | [25] |
| Visits to counsellor | Events diary and patient cost questionnaire | PSSRU | [25] |
| Visits to physiotherapist | Events diary and patient cost questionnaire | PSSRU | [25] |
| Visits to occupational therapist | Events diary and patient cost questionnaire | PSSRU | [25] |
| Visits by health visitor | Events diary and patient cost questionnaire | PSSRU | [25] |
| Days of inpatient stay | Events diary and patient cost questionnaire | PSSRU | [25] |
| Outpatient visits | Events diary and patient cost questionnaire | PSSRU | [25] |
| A&E visits | Events diary and patient cost questionnaire | PSSRU | [25] |
| Visits to day hospital/day care | Events diary and patient cost questionnaire | PSSRU | [25] |
| Days in residential care | Events diary and patient cost questionnaire | PSSRU | [25] |
| Days in nursing home | Events diary and patient cost questionnaire | PSSRU | [25] |
| Medication | Events diary and patient cost questionnaire | PSSRU | [25] |
| Visits by social worker | Events diary and patient cost questionnaire | PSSRU | [25] |
| Visits by homecare worker | Events diary and patient cost questionnaire | PSSRU | [25] |
| Aids & adaptations | Events diary and patient cost questionnaire | Reported by participants and some estimated from personal enquiries by researcher to equipment suppliers | |
| Value of hours of informal care | Events diary and patient cost questionnaire | ONS | [30] |
| Miles of private car use for health care | Events diary and patient cost questionnaire | Automobile Association (AA) | [28] |
| Out-of-pocket expenses | Events diary and patient cost questionnaire | Reported by CESAR trial patients | |
| Major changes in household | Events diary and patient cost questionnaire | Reported by CESAR trial patients | |
| Childcare costs | Events diary and patient cost questionnaire | Reported by CESAR trial patients | |
| Change in employment | Events diary and patient cost questionnaire | Reported by CESAR trial patients | |
| Change in benefits or allowances | Events diary and patient cost questionnaire | Reported by CESAR trial patients | |
| Loss of income from employment | Events diary and patient cost questionnaire | Reported by CESAR trial patients | |
| Other costs | Events diary and patient cost questionnaire | Reported by CESAR trial patients | |
| Other changes | Events diary and patient cost questionnaire | Reported by CESAR trial patients |