Table 2.

Mean (SD) of healthcare utilisation and medications usage and costs 6 months before and after test-guided asthma review at baseline

Healthcare visits	Unit cost	6 months before asthma review (n=612)			6 months after asthma review (n=605)
		Events (n)	Usage mean per patient (SD)	Mean cost (£) (SD)	Events (n)	Usage mean per patient (SD)	Mean cost (£) (SD)
Unplanned healthcare attendance (p=0.003)*	£37 per GP visit	117	0.29 (0.64)	10.7 (23.56)	119	0.197 (0.48)	7.27 (17.79)
Unplanned hospital admission (p=0.008)*	£1069 per child hospital admission	14	0.02 (0.15)	24.45 (159.95)	4	0.007 (0.13)	7.07 (137.37)

Average costs for paediatric asthma hospital admission: PD12A (£1467), 12B (£954) and 12C (£787) (NHS reference cost 2017).

Mean (SD) are presented here. The median (range) unplanned healthcare attendance and unplanned hospital admission at both baseline and follow-up are 0 (0–0).

*P<0.05 (based on Wilcoxon signed-rank test).

GP, general practitioner.