Table 3. AF disclosure secondary care resource use and costs per AF recipient.
Participants | Sample size | Outpatient episodes per participanta | Total cost per participant | ||||||
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Mean | SD | Minimum | Maximum | Mean | SD | Minimum | Maximum | ||
All participants | 89 | 1.35 | 0.48 | 1 | 2 | £554.63 | £297.13 | £108.57 | £1388.72 |
Type of additional finding | |||||||||
Cancer | 57 | 1.54 | 0.50 | 1 | 2 | £714.25 | £240.52 | £400.91 | £1388.72 |
Familial hypercholesterolemia | 32 | 1.00 | - | 1 | 1 | £270.33 | £125.87 | £108.57 | £437.63 |
Gender | |||||||||
Male | 50 | 1.32 | 0.47 | 1 | 2 | £538.03 | £283.29 | £108.57 | £1187.10 |
Female | 39 | 1.38 | 0.49 | 1 | 2 | £575.92 | £316.46 | £108.57 | £1388.72 |
Type of additional finding, by gender | |||||||||
Cancer – female | 27 | 1.56 | 0.51 | 1 | 2 | £725.60 | £252.86 | £400.91 | £1388.72 |
Cancer – male | 30 | 1.53 | 0.51 | 1 | 2 | £704.02 | £232.72 | £433.14 | £1187.10 |
Familial hypercholesterolemia – female | 12 | 1.00 | - | 1 | 1 | £239.12 | £126.89 | £108.57 | £437.63 |
Familial hypercholesterolemia – male | 20 | 1.00 | - | 1 | 1 | £289.05 | £124.68 | £108.57 | £437.63 |
Trust | |||||||||
Birmingham Women’s and Children’s Hospital | 34 | 1.50 | 0.51 | 1 | 2 | £695.84 | £215.46 | £437.63 | £893.65 |
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | 26 | 1.42 | 0.50 | 1 | 2 | £551.62 | £310.83 | £290.27 | £1187.10 |
University Hospitals Birmingham | 10 | 1.00 | - | 1 | 1 | £108.57 | - | £108.57 | £108.57 |
University Hospitals Southampton | 19 | 1.16 | 0.37 | 1 | 2 | £540.84 | £252.82 | £400.91 | £1388.72 |
SD = standard deviation.
An episode is defined as a single outpatient appointment