Table 1.

Sources of data on use of resources that was used in analysis

Resource item	Routine ICS data	Patient questionnaire	GP questionnaire	Included in hospital costs	Hospital at home records	Assumed
NHS and social services staff time
Hospital at home	•
District nurses	•
Physiotherapists	•
Chiropodists	•
Health visitors	•
Occupational therapists		•
General practitioner			•
Hospital doctors				•
Hospital nursing				•
Home aid		•
Home help		•
Social worker		•
Other NHS and social services resources
Hospital capital				•
Loan equipment		•
Hospital overheads				•
Other staff overheads						•
Team travel					•
Other travel						•
Meals on wheels		•
Day care		•
Patients’ resources
Equipment		•
Social services		•
Nursing care		•

ICS=integrated community system; GP=general practitioner.