Table 4.
Summary of healthcare utilisation
| NHS service category | CKD-related | Not CKD-related | CKD relationship unknown | |||||||||
| Intervention (N=24) | Usual care (N=28) | Intervention (N=24) | Usual care (N=28) | Intervention (N=24) | Usual care (N=28) | |||||||
| Episodes | NHS hospital inpatient stay (days) | Episodes | NHS hospital inpatient stay (days) | Episodes | NHS hospital inpatient stay (days) | Episodes | NHS hospital inpatient stay (days) | Episodes | NHS hospital inpatient stay (days) | Episodes | NHS hospital inpatient stay (days) | |
| GP appointment | 1 | 4 (n=2) | 14 (n=9) | 23 (n=15) | 0 | 4 (n=2) | ||||||
| GP out of hours service | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Specialist kidney clinic | 129 (n=22) | 183 (n=26) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| NHS outpatient clinic (other than specialist kidney clinic) |
10 (n=6) | 15 (n=12) | 41 (n=13) | 74 (n=17) | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| NHS walk-in centre | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| NHS 111/NHS direct telephone call | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| A&E | 1 | 0 | 2 (n=2) | 5 (n=3) | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| NHS hospital inpatient stay | 4 (n=3) | 7 | 2 (n=2) | 2 | 2 (n=2) | 7 | 2 (n=2) | 8 | 0 | 2 (n=2) | 2 | |
| Other: | 9 (n=5) | 19 (n=13) | 27 (n=4) | 8 (n=3) | 2 (n=2) | 0 | ||||||
| Imaging | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Home visit | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Phlebotomy | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Health education/roadshow/open day | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Chemotherapy | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Ophthalmology procedure | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Other (NHS) | 2 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Other (private) | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Total | 154 (n=22) | 7 | 222(n=26) | 89 (n=14) | 114 (n=23) | 4 (n=2) | 8 (n=4) | |||||
A&E, Accident and Emergency; GP, general practice; NHS, National Health Service.