Table 3.

Cost of patient recruitment by different types of practice participation

Practice participation	Number of practices	Cost per practice	Number of patients recruited	Cost per patient
No participation	28	£ 23.67	0	-
Leaflets only or leaflets and posters only	10	£130.87	1	£1308.69
Leaflets, posters and web link	2	£ 97.71	1	£ 195.41
Leaflets, posters, integrated mailshot	1	£173.53	2	£ 86.77
Leaflets, posters, weblink, researcher	4	£315.19	16	£ 78.80
Leaflets, posters, weblink, researcher, special mailshot	1	£491.86	7	£ 70.27
Total	46	£ 88.98	27	£ 151.59