Table 2.
Mean NHS and social care costs over 12 months, per patient (2014/15 costs)
|
Type of resource Mean (SD) |
LSVT® LOUD (n = 24) £ |
NHS SLT (n = 24) £ |
Control (n = 28) £ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Speech and language therapist (SLT) | |||
| Set-up costs | 18.6 | – | – |
| SLT trial sessions | 940 (340) | 343 (232) | – |
| SLT travel | 104 (265) | 13 (64) | – |
| Additional SLT sessions | 51 (147) | 57 (123) | 325 (389) |
| Sub-total | 1113 (496) | 413 (247) | 325 (389) |
| Medication | 883 (691) | 616 (646) | 577 (598) |
| Primary care and community nursing services | |||
| GP surgery | 165 (172) | 166 (135) | 143 (141) |
| GP home | 57 (236) | 68 (160) | 17 (48) |
| Practice nurse | 56 (54) | 42 (59) | 43 (58) |
| Practice nurse home | 6 (20) | 7 (19) | 5 (22) |
| Parkinson’s disease nurse specialist | 106 (87) | 70 (76) | 111 (58) |
| Health visitor | 15 (34) | 4 (15) | 4 (14) |
| Sub-total | 405 (357) | 358 (196) | 323 (192) |
| Therapists and other healthcare professionals | |||
| Social worker | 16 (52) | 10 (35) | 0 (0) |
| Physiotherapist | 84 (144) | 85 (171) | 62 (82) |
| Occupational therapist | 31 (62) | 22 (62) | 13 (37) |
| Other including home care | 281 (1301) | 53 (149) | 16 (77) |
| Sub-total | 412 (1289) | 170 (270) | 91 (122) |
| Outpatient appointments | |||
| PD medical appointments | 266 (231) | 216 (222) | 135 (139) |
| PD other appointments | 30 (87) | 34 (89) | 76 (168) |
| Other appointments | 197 (189) | 235 (234) | 211 (295) |
| Sub-total | 492 (338) | 486 (247) | 422 (435) |
| Social care services | 26 (98) | 137 (614) | 0.4 (2) |
| Residential care (/week) | 0 (0) | 4810 (16,296) | 0 (0) |