Table 6.

Summary of total mean cost per patient for placebo and oral steroid groups based on different data treatment approaches (including intervention cost for the oral steroid group)

	Placebo group	Oral steroid group	Difference*(95% CI)	p value
5 weeks (health-care costs)
Complete cases	£36	£78	£39 (6 to 71)	0·020
Multiple imputed	£35	£80	£42 (11 to 74)	0·009
12 months (health-care costs)
Complete cases	£775	£935	£177 (−132 to 487)	0·26
Multiple imputed	£794	£934	£145 (−136 to 426)	0·31

^*Differences in cost per patient, along with 95% CI and p values, were calculated with ordinary least squares regression.