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. 2000 Oct 28;321(7268):1047–1051. doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7268.1047

Table 3.

Total costs (£) over trial period, by cost sector

Community (n=61)
Hospital (n=57)
Mean difference (95% CI)
Mean (SD) % of total Mean (SD) % of total
Children:
 Intervention 374 (322) 10 488 (511) 17 −115 (−269 to 40)
 NHS psychiatric services 1379 (4054) 37  997 (2158) 35 382 (−814 to 1578)
 Other NHS services 321 (648) 9 285 (498) 10 36 (−176 to 247)
 Education services 1513 (4958) 40  761 (2613) 27 752 (−707 to 2212)
 Social services 120 (350) 3  290 (1200) 10 −170 (−488 to 148)
 Voluntary and private sector  29 (133) 1 10 (50) 1 18 (−19 to 55)
 Total cost per child 3736 (7210) 100 2831 (4091) 100  904 (−1254 to 3062)
 Total cost per child per week 53 (99) 41 (49) 12 (−17 to 41)
Primary carer:
 NHS psychiatric services  360 (2241) 30 22 (53) 4 339 (−250 to 927)
 Other NHS services  791 (1316) 67  550 (1105) 96 241 (−204 to 686)
 Social services  29 (221) 3 0 (0) 0 29 (−29 to 87)
 Private sector services  3 (18) 0 0 (0) 0 3 (−2 to 8)
 Total cost per carer 1183 (2721) 100  572 (1120) 100 611 (−158 to 1380)
 Total cost per week per carer 18 (42)  9 (16) 9 (−3 to 20)
Total cost: 4919 (7668) 3403 (4332) 1515 (−777 to 3807)
 Median (90% range)       2091 (279-19 794)       1875 (276-15 147)
Total cost per week:  71 (104) 50 (54) 21 (−10 to 52)
 Median (90% range)    33 (4-330)    31 (5-187)

CI=confidence interval; SD=standard deviation.