Table 6.

Costs, standardised to mean cost per week

Sector	Cost	At entry to the service			At discharge from the service			At 6 months follow‐up
		N	Mean	SD	N	Mean	SD	N	Mean	SD
Publica	Hospital overnight stays	158	£719	£722	124	£11	£81	50	£52	£138
	Hospital visits	174	£31	£31	127	£29	£46	65	£26	£33
	Community healthcare	180	£27	£28	180	£21	£22	62	£16	£22
	Social care	179	£44	£33	126	£32	£36	61	£10	£27
Out‐of‐pocketb	Major home adaptations	184	£0	£1	128	£0	£0	51	£2	£6
	Minor home adaptations	182	£2	£5	127	£3	£8	59	£2	£9
	Equipment	184	£0	£1	127	£0	£0	65	£0	£0
	Community healthcare	181	£13	£67	127	£0	£0	62	£3	£22
	Social care	180	£0	£1	128	£0	£1	53	£0	£1
	Voluntary sector	172	£1	£5	123	£0	£2	58	£0	£1
Otherc	Major home adaptations	183	£1	£4	127	£0	£2	£1	£1	£3
	Minor home adaptations	182	£32	£145	127	£24	£268	£228	£9	£43
	Equipment	182	£1	£4	128	£2	£9	£13	£1	£2
	Voluntary sector	180	£23	£45	111	£13	£39	£139	£6	£16
	Informal care	177	£374	£562	123	£315	£585	£176	£176	£435

^aPublic sector costs include the cost of healthcare and social care services funded by the NHS and local authorities’ social services, using national prices.

^bOut‐of‐pocket costs include costs paid for privately by the study participants according to their answers to Services and Care Pathway Questionnaire.

^cOther costs are the costs of services, house adaptations and equipment, all costed as if these services and items been provided by the public sector, and informal care time valued using the average wage rate in the UK.