Table 3.
Costs for the 6-month treatment period (2014–15 prices)
|
Supported discharge service |
Usual care |
Unadjusted mean difference (95% CI) | p value | Adjusted mean difference (95% CI)* | p value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of patients | Mean (SD) cost (£) | Number of patients | Mean (SD) cost (£) | |||||
| SDS day patient services | 53 | 24 150 (20 102) | 53 | 0 | 24 150 (18 819 to 29 481) | <0·001 | 24 052 (18 411 to 29 693) | <0·001 |
| Other health and social care costs | 45 | 37 601 (38 870) | 37 | 64 767 (65 122) | −27 166 (−50 905 to −3 427) | 0·026 | −29 022 (−53 647 to −4 396) | 0·023 |
| Total costs for patients with complete data | 45 | 63 621 (39 604) | 37 | 64 767 (65 122) | −1 146 (−24 949 to 22 657) | 0·93 | −3 675 (−28 487 to 21 138) | 0·773 |
| Total costs with imputed missing data | 53 | 64 355 (36 692) | 53 | 63 463 (55 254) | −892 (−16 926 to 18 710) | 0·92 | −612 (−16 775 to 15 551) | 0·940 |
*
Adjusted for baseline Clinical Global Assessment Scale score, baseline three-level EuroQol score, inpatient bed-days before randomisation, sex, age, ethnicity, diagnosis, and social class.