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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2025 Jul 17.
Published in final edited form as: Genet Med. 2023 Dec 19;26(3):101051. doi: 10.1016/j.gim.2023.101051

Table 3. AF disclosure secondary care resource use and costs per AF recipient.

Participants Sample size Outpatient episodes per participanta Total cost per participant
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.

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An episode is defined as a single outpatient appointment