Table 7.

 Results from resource use survey

Resources	Monitored group (n=177)	Usual care group (n=177)	Mean difference (95% CI*)	P value
General practitioner consultations
In the surgery:
Total No	648	460	0	0
No (%) with ≥1 consultations	163 (92)	140 (79)	0	0
Mean (SD)*	3.66 (2.67)	2.60 (2.52)	1.06 (0.53 to 1.61)	0.0002
Median (interquartile range)†	3 (2-5)	2 (1-4)	0	<0.0001
By telephone:
Total No	87	77	0	0
No (%) with ≥1 consultations	51 (29)	43 (24)	0	0
Mean (SD)*	0.49 (0.96)	0.44 (1.02)	0.07 (−0.16 to 0.27)	0.5742
Median (interquartile range)†	0 (0-1)	0 (0-0)	0	0.3358
At home:
Total No	10	13	0	0
No (%) with ≥1 consultations	7 (4)	7 (4)	0	0
Practice nurse consultations
In the surgery:
Total No	331	229	0	0
No (%) with ≥1 consultations	116 (66)	112 (63)	0	0
Mean (SD)*	1.87 (2.54)	1.29 (1.73)	0.58 (0.14 to 1.04)	0.0110
Median (interquartile range)†	1 (0-3)	1 (0-2)	0	0.0535
By telephone:
Total No	112	17	0	0
No (%) with ≥1 consultations	54 (31)	13 (7)	0	0
Mean (SD)*	0.63 (1.17)	0.10 (0.38)	0.54 (0.36 to 0.72)	<0.0001
Median (interquartile range)†	0 (0-1)	0 (0-0)	0	<0.0001
At home:
Total No	3	1	0	0
No (%) with ≥1 consultations	2 (1)	1 (1)	0	0
District nurse consultations
Total No	1	28	0	0
No (%) with ≥1 consultations	1 (1)	3 (2)	0	0
NHS 24 consultations
Total No	12	7	0	0
No (%) with ≥1 consultations	10 (6)	7 (4)	0	0
LUCS consultations
Total No	8	5	0	0
No (%) with ≥1 consultations	8 (5)	4 (2)	0	0
Accident and emergency visits
Total No	10	14	0	0
No (%) with ≥1 consultations	9 (5)	10 (6)	0	0
Hospital admissions
Total No	21	15	0	0
No (%) with ≥1 consultations	13 (7)	11 (6)	0	0

LUCS=Lothian Unscheduled Care Service.

*Confidence interval and P value (two tailed) for difference in means estimated by bootstrap (10 000 replications).

†Wilcoxon rank sum test for difference in distribution.