Table 3.

Mean (SD) resources used per patient in primary care over 24 months

Resource variables	Open access (n=77)	Routine visit (n=78)	P value for difference*
No of surgery visits	9.23 (7.76)	7.73 (5.77)	0.47
No of home visits	0.36 (1.15)	0.41 (1.23)	0.69
No of tablets or enemas:
Immunosuppressive drugs†	248 (521)	167 (633)	0.70
Maintenance drugs ‡	1287 (1475)	855 (1234)	0.14
Antidiarrhoeal drugs§	298 (838)	283 (1138)	0.95
Steroid enemas¶	9 (31.6)	7 (33.2)	0.42
Total cost of drugs (£)	376 (464)	263 (404)	0.17
Total primary care costs (£)	464 (467)	340 (431)	0.07
Patient borne costs (£)	40 (33)	35 (27)	0.53
Total costs to society (£)	504 (472)	375 (438)	0.06

^*Mann-Whitney U test. 

^†Prednisolone, azathioprine. 

^‡Mesalazine, olsalazine, balsalazide. 

^§Diphenoxylate, codeine phosphate, loperamide. 

^¶Hydrocortisone, prednisolone.