Table 7. Direct healthcare costs by resource category.

Resource item	Intervention (n = 665)		Control (n = 657)		p-value
	Mean	SE	Mean	SE
Intermediate care clinic for diabetes	60.18
Cost of consultations
Primary care doctor and nurse costs	37.25	2.335	31.19	2.044	0.051
Community clinic staff	1.46	0.381	0.49	0.201	0.025
Hospital doctor and nurse costs	26.13	3.876	32.03	5.272	0.366
AE staff	1.02	0.525	0.59	0.295	0.476
Optometrist, podiatrist and dietician	11.65	1.047	12.51	0.907	0.534
Sub total	137.70	5.53	76.82	6.25	<0.001
Cost of care
Diabetes tests	58.27	2.27	62.74	2.63	0.199
Hospital inpatient costs	155.71	75.60	98.96	58.67	0.554
Total costs	351.68	76.51	238.52	60.70	0.247