Table 4.

Annual post-acute and baseline healthcare costs for 136 strokes surviving past the acute period

	Baseline Mean £ (S.D.)	Post-acute Mean £ (S.D.)	Difference Mean £ (95% CI)
Nurse visits	£90 (196)	£110 (190)	£19 (-28 to 66)
GP visits	£231 (198)	£330 (401)	£98 (27 to 169)*
Emergency care	£35 (73)	£133 (258)	£99 (56 to 141)†
Outpatient visits	£256 (446)	£264 (356)	£8 (-71 to 88)
Day cases	£187 (532)	£229 (1,144)	£42 (-158 to 242)
Hospitalisations	£1,767 (6,193)	£2,305 (6,512)	£537 (-972 to 2,047)
Total costs	£2,566 (6,586)	£3,370 (7,156)	£804 (-832 to 2,440)
Non-disabling (n=66)	£1,753 (2,946)	£2,135 (3,675)	£382 (-781 to 1,546)
Moderately-disabling (n=58)	£3,339 (8,603)	£4,165 (7,668)	£825 (-2,133 to 3,783)
Totally-disabling (n=12)	£3,304 (9,474)	£6,324 (14,898)	£3,019 (-8,841 to 14,880

^*Significant at p<0.050

^†Significant at p<0.001