Table 4.

Resource use over 3 months per patient

	Mean, median (min, max)
	The Hip and Knee Book group (n = 49)	Control group (n = 54)
Primary care sector
GP consultations	0.94, 1 (0, 6)	1.22, 1 (0, 9)
Practice nurse consultations	0.31, 0 (0, 2)	0.46, 0 (0, 3)
Other health professionals	0.58, 0 (0, 4)	0.65, 0 (0, 10)
Secondary care sector
Outpatient visits/day surgery	1.16, 0 (0, 13)	1.2, 0 (0, 13)
Accident and emergency attendances	0.04, 0 (0, 1)	0.07, 0 (0,2)
Inpatient days	0.04, 0 (0, 1)	0.78, 0 (0, 30)
Investigations
Blood tests/ECG/lung function	1.02, 0 (0, 8)	1.26, 1 (0, 11)
Endoscopy/arthroscopy	0.16, 0 (0, 2)	0.07, 0 (0, 2)
Imaging	0.47, 0 (0, 7)	0.43, 0 (0, 4)

ECG = electrocardiogram