Table 3.
Costs per patient to deliver the PEDAL intervention in the 6-month follow-up period
| Cost source | Outside London |
London |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low staff-to-patient ratio | High staff-to-patient ratio | Low staff-to-patient ratio | High staff-to-patient ratio | |
| Equipment purchasing and maintenance (£) | 9 (8–10) | 9 (8–10) | 9 (8–10) | 9 (8–10) |
| Staff delivering exercise sessions (£) | 204 (180–228) | 341 (300–381) | 237 (209–265) | 395 (348–441) |
| Training and oversight (£) | 18 (16–20) | 18 (16–20) | 20 (18–23) | 20 (18–23) |
| Total cost per patient in 6 months (£) | 232 (204–259) | 368 (324–412) | 266 (235–298) | 424 (374–474) |
| Estimated difference in cost (recycled predictions) (£) | 234 (209–260) | 372 (331–414) | 269 (240–299) | 428 (380–476) |
PEDAL, PrEscription of intraDialytic exercise to improve quAlity of Life.
Data are mean (95% confidence interval). Estimated differences in cost obtained by the method of recycled prediction in 5000 bootstrap samples, setting cost in the control group to 0, adjusted for age, sex, and diabetes at baseline.