Table 2.
Total cost (£) over 6 months for all participants with full economic data
| Area of resource utilisation | Robot-assisted training (n=257) | EULT (n=259) | Usual care (n=254) | |||
| n | Mean (SD) | n | Mean (SD) | n | Mean (SD) | |
| Intervention costs | 257 | 2872 (0) | 259 | 1399 (0) | 0 | – |
| Primary care costs and community-based healthcare (including therapy services) | 213 | 743 (1031) | 215 | 777 (1262) | 177 | 1078 (1813) |
| Social care | 213 | 1410 (3146) | 216 | 1541 (3943) | 178 | 1890 (4281) |
| Secondary care | 213 | 733 (2247) | 216 | 988 (4486) | 178 | 668 (1880) |
| Medication costs | 157 | 149 (302) | 162 | 154 (273) | 126 | 198 (347) |
| Other NHS and social services | 11 | 727 (983) | 13 | 790 (946) | 9 | 307 (406) |
| Deceased participants | 1 | 0 (0) | 3 | 13 953 (4516) | 0 | – |
| Mean total cost | 257 | 5387 (4054) | 259 | 4451 (6033) | 178 | 3785 (5437) |
| Mean difference between robot-assisted training and usual care with 95% CI; p value | 1601 (706 to 2496); <0.001 | |||||
| Mean difference between EULT and usual care with 95% CI; p value | 665 (−444 to 1774); 0.239 | |||||
EULT, enhanced upper limb therapy; n, randomised n; NHS, National Health Service.