Table 1.
Type of resource use (unit) | Unit costs (references) |
HELP | Enhanced standard care | Difference | P value | ||
N | Mean±SD | N | Mean±SD | ||||
Hospital inpatient (admission) | £1758.369 | 59 | 0.05±0.29 | 53 | 0.06±0.41 | −0.01 | 0.93 |
Hospital day case (attendance) | £693.009 | 59 | 0.15±0.81 | 52 | 0.04±0.19 | 0.11 | 0.32 |
Hospital outpatient (visit) | £108.229 | 58 | 0.64±1.22 | 52 | 0.29±0.70 | 0.35 | 0.07 |
A&E (visits) | £115.009 | 58 | 0.29±0.56 | 53 | 0.23±0.54 | 0.07 | 0.53 |
GP surgery (consultation) | £45.0010 | 58 | 1.57±2.31 | 50 | 1.46±1.80 | 0.11 | 0.79 |
GP home (visit) | £114.0010 | 59 | 0.00±0.00 | 53 | 0.00±0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
GP phone (consultation) | £27.0010 | 59 | 0.27±0.69 | 53 | 0.32±0.94 | −0.05 | 0.75 |
Nurse home (visit) | £70.0010 | 59 | 0.02±0.13 | 52 | 0.00±0.00 | 0.02 | 0.35 |
Nurse surgery (visit) | £13.4310 | 58 | 0.26±0.78 | 53 | 0.25±0.78 | 0.01 | 0.93 |
Nurse phone (consultation) | £13.4310 | 58 | 0.02±0.13 | 52 | 0.00±0.00 | 0.02 | 0.35 |
NHS dietician (visit) | £35.0010 | 58 | 0.09±0.34 | 52 | 0.04±0.19 | 0.05 | 0.37 |
Community pharmacist (contact) | £56.0010 | 58 | 0.31±0.78 | 52 | 0.15±0.54 | 0.16 | 0.23 |
NHS physiotherapist (visit) | £34.0010 | 58 | 0.14±0.71 | 53 | 0.19±1.00 | −0.05 | 0.76 |
Private physiotherapist (visit) | £77.0010 | 58 | 0.03±0.26 | 53 | 0.06±0.41 | −0.02 | 0.73 |
Osteopath (visit) | £34.0010 | 58 | 0.03±0.26 | 53 | 0.00±0.00 | 0.03 | 0.34 |
Chiropractor (visit) | £34.0010 | 58 | 0.00±0.00 | 53 | 0.00±0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Psychologist (visit) | £59.0010 | 58 | 0.31±1.88 | 53 | 0.06±0.41 | 0.25 | 0.34 |
Counsellor (visit) | £58.0010 | 58 | 0.09±0.66 | 53 | 0.30±1.48 | −0.22 | 0.31 |
Any other healthcare (contact) | £81.009 10 | 57 | 0.46±1.31 | 53 | 0.45±1.25 | 0.01 | 0.99 |
A&E, accident and emergency; GP, general practitioner; HELP, Healthy Eating and Lifestyle Programme; NHS, National Health Service.