Table 3.

Comparison of costs ($A) between intervention and control patients for all patients and those who had an admission in 12 months before enrolment, July 1997 to December 1999

	Net difference between intervention and control patients (% variation)
Variable	All patients recalibrated	12 months' patients*recalibrated
All projects:
Hospital inpatient	252 584 (2.7)	958 470 (12.2)
Medical Benefits Schedule	−2 755 (−0.1)	60 229 (2.7)
Pharmacuetical Benefits Schedule	−107 499 (−3.8)	−57 001 (−3.4)
Other community services	−212 991	−117 186
Subtotal	−70 662	844 510
Coordination†	4 772 236	2 567 274
Approximate net resource savings	−4 842 898 (−28.6)	−1 722 764 (−13.9)

$A1.00=£0.41; ∈0.59.

^*Only patients with at least one hospital admission in 12 months before start of trial.

^†Includes costs of recruitment, care planning, and coordination.