Table 2.

 Mean (SD) costs (£) and effectiveness of management strategies for urinary tract infection

	Immediate antibiotics	Midstream urine	Dipstick	Symptom scores	Delayed antibiotics
Recruitment visit:
General practice visit	25.5 (8.7)	27.3 (11)	28.6 (9.5)	26.2 (10.3)	27.4 (10.8)
Midstream urine	1.2 (1.9)	3.8 (1.5)	1.7 (2.1)	1.4 (2.1)	0.7 (1.6)
Dipstick	0.2 (0.2)	0.2 (0.2)	0.4 (0.1)	0.3 (0.2)	0.1 (0.2)
Antibiotics	1.0 (0.2)	0.8 (0.4)	0.8 (0.4)	0.9 (0.3)	0.7 (0.4)
Total	27.8 (9.1)	32.1 (11.1)	31.4 (9.8)	28.7 (10.2)	29.0 (11.2)
Follow-up at 1 month:
General practice visit	2.4 (6.9)	4.3 (8.8)	3.1 (9.2)	2.9 (8.6)	2.5 (8.3)
Midstream urine	0.2 (1)	0.3 (1.1)	0.4 (1.3)	0.4 (1.2)	0.2 (1)
Referred to secondary care	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)
Antibiotics	0.2 (0.9)	0.4 (1.4)	0.3 (1)	0.2 (0.8)	0.1 (0.4)
Total	2.8 (8.2)	5.0 (10.4)	3.9 (11)	3.5 (10.2)	2.9 (9.5)
Total cost in 1st month	30.6 (13.9)	37.1 (15)	35.3 (13.3)	32.3 (13.9)	31.9 (15.8)
Effectiveness (days of moderate/severe symptoms)	3.63 (2.7)	4.17 (3.1)	3.14 (2.1)	3.92 (3.6)	3.92 (3.8)