Table 3.

Mean (SD) costs per patient over 12 months

Cost (£)
	ALL	Referred leg pain	Sciatica	Mean difference (95% CI)
ATLAS physiotherapy	43.09 (24.42)	36.94 (22.46)	44.94 (24.72)
	n = 368	n = 85	n = 283
Primary care
GP consultations	72.07 (107.65)	50.40 (88.35)	78.57 (112.12)	28.17 (2.84 to 49.48)
Practice nurse consultations	1.25 (5.44)	2.01 (7.26)	1.02 (4.74)	−0.99 (−2.74 to 0.39)
Consultations with other professionals	5.86 (16.32)	5.18 (15.79)	6.06 (16.49)	0.88 (−3.09 to 4.76)
Prescriptions	1.02 (1.65)	0.65 (1.15)	1.13 (1.76)	0.33 (−3.19 to 3.20)
Hospital-based care
NHS professional visits	59.08 (169.59)	51.64 (206.40)	61.32 (157.22)	9.68 (−40.87 to 51.47)
Private professional visits	33.61 (177.62)	59.61 (274.68)	25.80 (135.34)	−33.81 (−98.19 to 19.68)
Investigations (MRI, X-rays)	35.97 (93.57)	34.03 (108.76)	36.55 (88.71)	2.52 (−29.54 to 23.75)
Other healthcare professionals
Additional NHS physiotherapy	109.28 (172.03)	93.69 (147.62)	113.96 (178.67)	20.27 (−20.69 to 55.45)
Private physiotherapy	19.37 (96.43)	20.71 (121.94)	18.97 (87.58)	−1.74 (−31.85 to 19.05)
NHS ‘other’	1.76 (20.08)	3.2 (29.50)	1.32 (16.26)	−1.87 (−10.67 to 2.62)
Private ‘other’	0.99 (12.83)	0	1.29 (14.62)	1.29 (0.15 to 3.75)
Over the counter purchases	10.51 (24.29)	11.34 (30.83)	10.26 (22.02)	−1.08 (−9.09 to 5.25)
Work-related: Time-off work associated with condition	728.14 (2635.13)	216.05 (857.31)	881.94 (2952.15)	665.89 (349.61 to 1120.31)
Imputed Analysis		n = 157	n = 452
NHS costs	296.56 (326.75)	249.70 (301.58)	312.85 (333.83)
mean difference (95% CI)		63.14 (8.70 to 117.35)
Societal costs	1106.13 (2328.54)	700.82 (1006.76)	1246.92 (2623.35)
mean difference (95% CI)		546.11 (274.16 to 844.01)

NHS National Health Service costs, MRI Magnetic resonance imaging, C0049 Confidence interval