Table 4.

Completion rates for resource use categories over the follow-up period

Resource-use category	Intervention			Standard care
	Number of completes	Percentage of returners (n = 26)	Percentage of all (n = 36)	Number of completes	Percentage of returners (n = 29)	Percentage of all (n = 37)
NHS resource use
Community-based visits	17	65%	47%	19	66%	51%
Hospital inpatient visits	24	92%	67%	28	97%	76%
Outpatient and A&E visits	25	96%	69%	28	97%	76%
Prescribed medications	22	85%	61%	24	83%	65%
PSS resource use
Home care worker	26	100%	72%	27	93%	73%
Food at home services	26	100%	72%	26	90%	70%
Social worker visits	26	100%	72%	25	86%	68%
Home changes	24	92%	67%	25	86%	68%
NHS + PSS perspective	12	46%	33%	16	55%	43%
Other resources: productivity losses, informal care, private expenses and other
Time off work	23	89%	64%	24	83%	65%
Time off usual and leisure activities	26	100%	72%	21	72%	57%
Informal care time	26	100%	72%	23	79%	62%
Charities and support group visits	26	100%	72%	25	86%	68%
Privately paid therapies used	23	89%	64%	25	86%	68%
Travel costs	13	50%	36%	14	48%	38%
Over-the-counter medications	25	96%	69%	27	93%	73%
Societal perspective	6	23%	17%	7	24%	19%

Note: Number of participants completing the questions in a resource-use category at both three- and six-months follow-up. Data are presented for the 73 patients in the trial at final follow-up. A&E, Accident and Emergency; NHS, National Health Service; PSS, Personal Social Services.