Table 2.

Expected cost of admission and long-term care costs (present values, discounted at 3.5 %)

Days of treatment	Cost (GBP) of index admission	Cost (GBP) of future admissions	Long-term community care costs (GBP)	Long-term institutional care costs (GBP)	Total cost (GBP) (95 % CI)
2	732	8688	17,604	96,677	123,701 (50,047 to 221,276)
5	1651	22,342	1958	10,778	36,729 (18,245 to 58,165)
10	3184	43,263	1421	7864	55,733 (29,995 to 84,224)
2–5a					83,722 (19,279 to 172,326)
5–10a					−19,187 (−37,165 to −4486)
2–10a					64,535 (−1,007 to 151,594)

^aIncrement: e.g. cost of 2 days minus 5; positive indicates a saving, negative indicates increase in cost