Table 2.

Units of resource use

		Home management (n=98)			Hospital management (n=95)
		Median	Range		Median	Range
			Minimum	Maximum		Minimum	Maximum
Direct healthcare resource use
Days 0–3	Contacts with the diabetes team
	Consultant	1.0	0.0	9.0	2.0	0.0	5.0
	Junior doctor	1.0	0.0	5.0	3.0	0.0	10.0
	Nurse
	Face to face	6.0	0.0	13.0	6.0	0.0	32.0
	Telephone calls/emails	2.0	0.0	28.0	0.0	0.0	3.0
	Dietitian	1.0	0.0	3.0	1.0	0.0	3.0
	Other healthcare professionals	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	2.0
	Test and investigations
	Diagnosis related	4.0	0.0	8.0	5.0	1.0	12.0
	Other	2.0	0.0	4.0	3.0	0.0	6.0
	Hospital stay (days)	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	0.0	6.0
	Travel
	Nurse travel distance (miles)	40.0	0.0	214.0	0.0	0.0	192.0
	Dietician travel distance (miles)	0.0	0.0	24.0	0.0	0.0	32.0
Follow-up (24 months)	Contacts with the diabetes team
	Outpatient*	9.0	6.0	18.0	9.0	6.0	16.0
	Other†	28.5	2.0	128.0	31.0	2.0	158.0
	Hospital contacts
	Accident & Emergency	0.0	0.0	8.0	0.0	0.0	6.0
	Ward	0.0	0.0	16.0	0.0	0.0	8.0
	Tests and investigations‡	0.0	0.0	11.0	0.0	0.0	8.0
	Insulin	18 889.5	2138.0	64 354.0	19 669.0	2351.5	48 858.0
	Other health professionals
	GP	2.0	0.0	14.0	2.0	0.0	19.0
	Nurse	1.0	0.0	8.0	0.0	0.0	31.0
	Other	0.0	0.0	11.0	0.0	0.0	22.0
Patient/carer resource use
Days 0–3	Days off school	2.0	0.0	5.0	2.0	0.0	5.0
	Days off work	2.0	0.0	9.0	2.0	0.0	14.0
	Travel (hours)	2.0	0.0	7.0	3.0	0.0	16.0
	Out of pocket expenses (£)	11	0	38	16	0	87
Follow-up (24 months)	Days off school	11.0	0.0	64.0	11.0	0.0	129.0
	Days off work	3.3	0.0	70.0	4.0	0.0	164.0
	Travel (hours)	10.0	0.0	96.0	9.0	0.0	92.0
	Out of pocket expenses (£)	33	0	546	27	0.0	468
Total patient/carer resource use	Days off school	13.0	0.0	66.0	13.5	0.0	132.0
	Days off work	5.0	0.0	78.0	6.5	0.0	167.5
	Travel (hours)	12.0	3.0	99.0	13.0	0.0	94.0
	Out of pocket expenses (£)	43	0	546	48	0	555

*Two patients had visits with the nurse outside of the patient setting.

†Home visits, telephone calls and emails.

‡From CRF 7 only.

CRF, case report form; GP, general practitioner.