1. Cost‐effectiveness.
| Resource | Nurse‐led care (mean visits per participant) | Nurse‐led care (mean cost per participant, £) | Doctor‐led care (mean visits per participant) | Doctor‐led care (mean cost per participant, £) | Difference (SD, £) |
| Nurse‐led clinics | 4.61 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 180 (158) |
| Doctor‐led clinics | 0.45 | 25 | 4.48 | 217 | ‐192 (199) |
| Procedures | 0.13 | 61 | 0.11 | 54 | 7 (376) |
| Imaging | 1.14 | 47 | 0.76 | 45 | 1 (112) |
| Other tests | 24.58 | 260 | 18.94 | 222 | 37 (257) |
| Antibiotics (intravenous) | 23 (days) | 879 | 16 (days) | 523 | 356 (1452) |
| Antibiotics (oral) | 222 (days) | 684 | 201 (days) | 524 | 161 (695) |
| Bronchodilators | 461 (days) | 213 | 435 (days) | 193 | 20 (179) |
| Corticosteroids | 238 (days) | 278 | 219 (days) | 258 | 20 (181) |
| Other drugs | 212 (days) | 180 | 190 (days) | 155 | 25 (194) |
| Inpatient | 6.46 (days) | 1338 | 2.36 (days) | 477 | 861 (2755) |
| Day case | 0.11 | 43 | 0.05 | 16 | 27 (170) |
| GP visits | 1.11 | 20 | 1.40 | 26 | ‐6 (33) |
| Total | 4208 | 2711 |
1498 (688 to 2674) |
SD: standard deviation.