Table 3.
NHS resource use and costs at six weeks according to allocation to extra postnatal support or control group. Figures are means (SD) and costs are estimated at 1996 prices
| Resource | Quantity of resource used
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Cost of resouce used (£)
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| Intervention | Control | Mean difference (95% CI) | P value* | Intervention | Control | Mean difference (95% CI) | P value* | ||
| Visitis by support worker† | 5.8 (3.3) | 0 | 160.4 (97.6) | 0 | |||||
| Visits by community midwife | 8.1 (1.9) | 8.0 (1.8) | 0.01 (−0.27 to 0.33) | 0.67 | 193.3 (52.8) | 191.1 (55.8) | 2.12 (−5.96 to 10.54) | 0.97 | |
| Visits by health visitor | 2.4 (1.2) | 2.4 (1.3) | −0.04 (−0.24 to 0.17) | 0.59 | 105.4 (51.7) | 107.2 (49.2) | −1.84 (−11.09 to 7.96) | 0.59 | |
| Child health clinic visits | 1.0 (0.0) | 1.0 (0.0) | 0.00 (0.001 to 0.001) | 1.00 | 7.7 (0.0) | 7.7 (0.0) | 0.00 (0.001 to 0.001) | 1.00 | |
| GP contacts for baby | 2.3 (1.7) | 2.2 (1.8) | 0.07 (−0.22 to 0.36) | 0.57 | 41.6 (31.7) | 39.3 (31.7) | 2.38 (−2.64 to 7.43) | 0.28 | |
| GP contacts for self | 1.6 (1.5) | 1.5 (1.5) | 0.11 (−0.13 to 0.36) | 0.53 | 29.5 (31.5) | 28.1 (30.0) | 1.50 (−3.76 to 6.70) | 0.77 | |
| GP prescriptions for baby | 0.8 (0.9) | 0.9 (1.0) | 0.10 (−0.27 to 0.06) | 0.27 | 1.2 (2.0) | 1.8 (4.5) | −0.53 (−1.17 to −0.02) | 0.24 | |
| GP prescriptions for self | 0.7 (1.0) | 0.7 (0.9) | 0.04 (−0.12 to 0.20) | 0.90 | 2.3 (8.4) | 2.7 (7.1) | −0.41 (−1.64 to 0.90) | 0.64 | |
| Hospital contacts‡ for baby | 0.3 (0.9) | 0.3 (0.8) | −0.01 (−0.16 to 0.14) | 0.38 | 68.4 (269.4) | 51.3 (185.6) | 17.25 (−24.05 to 58.15) | 0.44 | |
| Hospital contacts‡ for self | 0.2 (0.6) | 0.1 (0.5) | 0.05 (−0.04 to 0.14) | 0.18 | 24.2 (95.0) | 24.6 (124.0) | −0.44 (−20.80 to 17.28) | 0.19 | |
| Secondary mental health contacts§ | 0.0 (0.3) | 0.1 (0.4) | −0.02 (−0.09 to 0.03) | 0.38 | 1.0 (12.1) | 2.0 (19.5) | −1.07 (−4.05 to 1.52) | 0.38 | |
| Total cost | 635.0 (325.5) | 456.0 (291.3) | 179.58 (125.85 to 232.34) | 0.001 | |||||
All P values are from Mann-Whitney test, which compares distributions of two groups. Bootstrap confidence intervals calculated for characteristic of distributions (for example, mean difference) by centile method. Groups may have differences in distributions but similar characteristics (for example, means).
Mean number of visits from support worker differ from other figures as some women received no visits.
Hospital contacts: inpatient stays, day patient attendances, outpatient attendances, and accident and emergency attendances.
Secondary mental health contacts: inpatient, outpatient, community psychiatric nurse, occupational therapists, and consultant contacts.