Table 2.
Mean costs in memory clinic service (MCS) group and community mental health team (CMHT) groupa
| Costs | MCS group £ (mean per person ±s.d.) | CMHT group £ (mean per person ±s.d.) |
|---|---|---|
| Total Costs | 742 (250) | 807 (375) |
| Direct costs | 271 (82) | 252 (124) |
| Office costs | 182 (81) | 224 (130) |
| Travel timeb | 76 (59) | 186 (106) |
| Mileage costs | 28 (21) | 32 (31) |
| Multidisciplinary team costs | 44 (15) | 30 (41) |
| Scan costs | 74 (67) | 69 (72) |
| Drug costs | 67 (103) | 12 (31) |
Bold denotes significance.
a.
Small differences in the total means can be accounted for by rounding off.
b.
The only significant difference between the groups was in the travel time costs P < 0.0001; z = –5.14 (Wilcoxon rank sum test). The drug, scan and multidisciplinary team costs were not formally analysed as their distributions were not suitable for parametric testing and there were too many ties for the Wilcoxon rank sum test.