Table 7.
Costs associated with healthcare use
| Resource use | 6 months prior to recruitment | Recruitment to 6 month follow-up | ||||||||||
| Control | Goal-setting | Control | Goal-setting | |||||||||
| Total contacts n | Total cost £ |
Mean cost £ (SD) | Total contacts n | Total cost £ |
Mean cost £ (SD) | Total contacts n | Total cost £ |
Mean cost £ (SD) | Total contacts n | Total cost £ |
Mean cost £ (SD) | |
| Community based services | ||||||||||||
| GP | 157 | 4636 | 166 (164) | 89 | 2464 | 107 (115) | 177 | 5150 | 184 (150) | 124 | 4002 | 174 (145) |
| Other practice based | 97 | 922 | 33 (42) | 108 | 1080 | 47 (30) | 152 | 1823 | 65 (58) | 149 | 1529 | 66 (53) |
| District nurse | 148 | 3582 | 128 (546) | 198 | 6450 | 280 (1297) | 100 | 2879 | 103 (321) | 241 | 7450 | 324 (1384) |
| Other | 72 | 1434 | 51 (132) | 72 | 2601 | 113 (193) | 189 | 7652 | 273 (355) | 97 | 5510 | 240 (224) |
| All community based | 474 | 10 575 | 378 (778) | 467 | 12 594 | 548 (1520) | 618 | 15 681 | 560 (719) | 611 | 16 962 | 737 (1537) |
| Inpatient | 4 | 11 291 | 403 (1113) | 16 | 28 054 | 1220 (2584) | 12 | 35 055 | 1252 (2203) | 13 | 39 889 | 1734 (4815) |
| Outpatient | 45 | 4848 | 173 (208) | 51 | 7381 | 321 (397) | 41 | 4424 | 158 (202) | 52 | 6295 | 274 (329) |
| A&E | 1 | 138 | 5 (26) | 6 | 826 | 36 (74) | 15 | 2066 | 74 (109) | 16 | 2204 | 96 (128) |
| Total for all costs | 26 853 | 959 (1776) | 48 856 | 2124 (4031) | 57 226 | 2044 (2665) | 65 349 | 2841 (4968) | ||||
A&E, Accident and Emergency; GP, general practitioner.