Table 1.
Mean (SD) and median annual costs
| Category | All stages (n = 131) | Stage I: TFC 11–13 (n = 43) | Stage II: TFC 7–10 (n = 37) | Stage III: TFC 3–6 (n = 38) | Stage IV: TFC 1–2 (n = 13) | ||||||||||
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| Mean | SD | Median | Mean | SD | Median | Mean | SD | Median | Mean | SD | Median | Mean | SD | Median | |
| Primary/community care | £2680.24 | £5768.72 | £886.00 | £763.35 | £758.57 | £588.00 | £1709.89 | £1813.60 | £1156.00 | £3813.74 | £6752.50 | £1106.00 | £8469.23 | £12 312.59 | £2112.00 |
| Hospital/residential care | £2436.76 | £9455.52 | £0 | £99.40 | £160.93 | £0 | £1800.27 | £6783.42 | £0 | £2236.31 | £6673.06 | £238.00 | £12 565.56 | £23 686.39 | £314.00 |
| Investigations/diagnostic tests | £19.96 | £87.30 | £0 | £5.16 | £17.30 | £0 | £23.35 | £75.19 | £0 | £35.42 | £141.14 | £0 | £14.15 | £38.99 | £0 |
| Medication | £851.42 | £1675.51 | £204.40 | £306.53 | £883.76 | £18.25 | £730.14 | £1262.71 | £261.78 | £858.97 | £823.49 | £623.27 | £2976.83 | £3847.27 | £1653.45 |
| Informal care | £14 085.24 | £30 391.87 | £0 | £1073.86 | £5558.46 | £0 | £4941.41 | £8561.39 | £0 | £21 051.79 | £19 847.84 | £18 096.00 | £62 784.00 | £69 831.12 | £38 688.00 |
| Adaptations/aids | £1531.46 | £4837.66 | £0 | £1.77 | £11.59 | £0 | £2662.70 | £7424.02 | £0 | £1675.68 | £4186.72 | £0 | £2949.85 | £4422.71 | £162.00 |
| Total | £21 605.08 | £36 373.51 | £3515.35 | £2250.06 | £5922.11 | £736.95 | £11 867.76 | £15 749.52 | £4944.58 | £29 671.91 | £23 597.03 | £26 814.41 | £89 759.62 | £69 829.63 | £110 939.60 |