Table 3.
Costs at baseline and in the follow-up period for control and intervention groups (£’s)
| Resource use | Baseline | Follow-up | ||
| Control (mean (SD)) | Intervention (mean (SD)) | Control (mean (SD)) | Intervention (mean (SD)) | |
| Medicines | 8.5 (22.7) | 28.8 (121.1) | 4.3 (11) | 9.5 (21) |
| Inpatient stays | 1142 (4203) | 1046 (4982) | 0 (0) | 44.6 (162.9) |
| Mental health-related Accident and Emergency | 40.2 (89.6) | 36.5 (85.3) | 40.2 (89.6) | 73 (205.2) |
| Other Accident and Emergency | 47.4 (81.9) | 27.6 (60.1) | 20.3 (45.2) | 13.8 (50.6) |
| Mental health outpatient appointments | 1432 (1892) | 983 (1317) | 771 (1281) | 983 (1525) |
| Other outpatient | 44 (140.7) | 29.9 (88.4) | 110 (453.5) | 89.8 (448.8) |
| Total costs of secondary care | 2705 (5775) | 2122 (5570) | 941 (1310) | 1204 (1632) |
| School nurse | 11.3 (21.8) | 71.7 (272) | 22.5 (67.1) | 0 (0) |
| Health visitors | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| Cost of dental treatment | 10.3 (13.4) | 13.3 (13.9) | 13.9 (18.6) | 8.2 (14.5) |
| Cost of GP visits | 126.2 (88.8) | 126 (175) | 132.8 (107.9) | 72.5 (91.6) |
| Cost of visits to paediatrician | 44 (105.1) | 37.4 (93.5) | 0 (0) | 15 (74.8) |
| Optician visits | 5.9 (9.4) | 8 (12.9) | 1.2 (4.9) | 7.2 (24.4) |
| Physiotherapist | 2.8 (11.6) | 3.8 (16.9) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| Clinical psychology | 0 (0) | 3.6 (18) | 127.1 (358.7) | 0 (0) |
| Speech therapy | 0.9 (3.6) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| Hearing specialist | 0 (0) | 18.2 (69) | 0 (0) | 2.6 (13) |
| Other visits to health practitioners | 37.5 (59.6) | 13.9 (39.4) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| Total costs of visits to health practitioners | 239 (140) | 296 (358) | 297.5 (428.3) | 105.5 (117.9) |
| Family counselling | 31.2 (88.8) | 2.4 (11.8) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| Individual counselling | 226 (282) | 316 (423) | 38.2 (142.9) | 125.1 (589.6) |
| Other counselling | 76.4 (138) | 14.2 (49) | 13.9 (57.2) | 0 (0) |
| Total costs of counselling | 333 (375) | 333 (414) | 52.1 (150.3) | 125 (590) |
| Home help/care worker | 0 (0) | 6.8 (34.2) | 0 (0) | 15.2 (76) |
| Social worker | 6 (24.7) | 61.2 (250) | 0 (0) | 40.8 (204) |
| After school clubs | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| Other support services | 1.1 (4.6) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| Total costs of social care | 7.1 (24.9) | 68 (250) | 0 (0) | 56 (280) |
| Nights in children’s home | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| Nights in foster care | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| Nights in other residential care | 0 (0) | 364 (1820) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| Total costs for residential care | 0 (0) | 364 (1820) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| Service use by family related to respondents mental health | 19.9 (64.1) | 67.6 (137) | 5.6 (16.2) | 38.4 (139.8) |
| Costs of intervention | – | – | 0 (0) | 351 (144) |
| Total costs of follow-up | 3312 (5980) | 3280 (6236) | 1301 (1512) | 1889 (1853) |
Based on a sample of 42 cases (17 in control group and 25 in intervention group).
GP, general practitioner.