Table 8.
Summary of annual costs to the National Health Service (NHS), out‐of‐pocket (OOP) expenses of treatment and intervention study cost by group
| Cost type | Total (£) | Mean Per patient (£) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exercise | Control | Combined | Exercise | Control | Combined | |
| NHS healthcare professional | 12 724·00 | 34 573·00 | 47 297·00 | 748·47 | 1646·33 | 1244·66 |
| A&E | 0 | 2110·00 | 2110·00 | 0 | 100·48 | 55·53 |
| Inpatient care | 0 | 9365·00 | 9365·00 | 0 | 445·95 | 246·45 |
| Diagnostic tests | 257·00 | 746·00 | 1003·00 | 15·12 | 35·52 | 26·39 |
| Medicine (free prescriptions) | 844·60 | 1476·00 | 2320·60 | 49·68 | 70·29 | 61·07 |
| Total cost to NHS | 13 825·60 | 48 270·00 | 62 095·60 | 813·27 | 2298·57 | 1634·09 |
| Cost to patients | ||||||
| Travel | 1081·66 | 2341·68 | 3423·34 | 63·63 | 111·51 | 90·09 |
| Medicine | 229·10 | 413·44 | 642·54 | 13·48 | 19·69 | 16·91 |
| Equipment | 621·00 | 911·00 | 1532·00 | 36·53 | 43·38 | 40·32 |
| Total OOP expenses | 1931·76 | 3666·12 | 5597·88 | 113·63 | 174·58 | 147·31 |
| Intervention study cost | ||||||
| Exercise intervention delivery | 10 984·00 | NA | 10 984·00 | 610·22 | 610·22 | |
| Including study outcome measures cost | 14 051·17 | 3255·17 | 17 306·33 | 780·62 | 155·01 | 455·43 |
A&E, Accident and Emergency; NA, not applicable.