Table 2.

Resource use and cost per participant of intervention by pharmacist.

	Mean	Standard deviation
Initial visit
Consultation with participant/carer, minutes	38.2	18.8
Liaison with GP, minutes	5.4	12.5
Time spent on pharmaceutical care before first monitoring visit by participant, minutes	28.8	42.4
Total time, minutes	72.4	48.0
Fixed cost (including locum cover for all visits), £	62.90	47.00
Fixed cost (assuming no locum cover), £	46.30	42.70
Single typical monitoring visit
Consultation with participant/carer, minutes	7.9	9.4
Liaison time with GP, minutes	1.6	5.2
Time spent on pharmaceutical care between successive monitoring visits by participant, minutes	5.7	12.6
Total time, minutes	15.2	16.6
Fixed cost/visit (including locum cover for all consultations), £	12.50	17.50
Fixed cost/visit (including locum cover only for home visits), £	11.50	17.40
Fixed cost/visit (assuming no locum cover), £	10.20	15.10