Table 4.

Average resource use per patient

Variable	GP plus CRP or nurse plus CRP	GP plus CRP and communication training	Current practice
CRP test [13]	0.04	0.04	N/A
GP consultation [13]	1.4	1.27	1.37
GP out of hours [13]	0.01	0.02	0.08
Hospital outpatients [13]	0.02	0.02	0
Hospital admission [17]	0.009	0.009	0.003
Chest x-ray [13]	0.05	0.09	0.07
Blood [13]	0.01	0.05	0.0
Other (sputum, spirometry) [13]	0.02	0.02	0.02

CRP C-reactive protein, GP general practitioner