Table 6.
Total health service use costs (£) by time point, group and data collection method
| Patient self-report | GP record | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Service | Intervention (n = 22) | Control (n = 20) | Difference (95% CI) | Intervention (n = 22) | Control (n = 20) | Difference (95% CI) |
| Mean (95% CI) | Mean (95% CI) | Mean (95% CI) | Mean (95% CI) | |||
| 6-month follow-up | ||||||
| Healthcare professional contact | 121.77 (67.07, 176.48) | 128.15 (80.18, 176.12) | −6.38 (−77.52, 64.77) | 119.18 (87.30, 151.06) | 141.30 (65.25, 217.35) | −22.12 (−99.24, 55.01) |
| Hospital contact | 246.90 (−35.19, 529.01) | 572.10 (−390.77, 1534.97) | −325.19 (−1256.21, 605.83) | 396.32 (165.19, 627.44) | 260.50 (45.49, 474.61) | 136.27 (−171.23, 443.76) |
| Total | 368.68 (71.86, 665.50) | 700.25 (−269.04, 1669.54) | −331.57 (−1272.93, 609.79) | 515.50 (287.10, 743.90) | 401.35 (153.98, 648.72) | 114.15 (−211.52, 439.82) |
| Total by collection method | 526.57 (59.62, 993.53) | 461.14 (299.60, 622.68) | ||||
| 6- to 9-month follow-up | ||||||
| Healthcare professional contact | 93.32 (49.13, 137.50) | 84.25 (42.98, 125.52) | 9.07 (−49.86, 68.00) | 91.18 (49.48, 132.88) | 100.15 (38.27, 162.04) | −8.97 (−80.02, 62.09) |
| Hospital contact | 70.23 (24.42, 116.03) | 772.45 (−261.94, 1806.84) | −702.22 (−1654.53, 250.08) | 87.73 (20.45, 155.01) | 834.45 (−332.89, 2001.79) | −746.72 (−1822.32, 328.88) |
| Total | 163.55 (91.60, 235.49) | 856.70 (−185.64, 1899.04) | −693.15 (−1654.43, 268.12) | 178.91 (91.11, 266.71) | 934.60 (−254.38, 2123.58) | −755.69 (−1852.67, 341.28) |
| Total by collection method | 493.62 (7.36, 979.88) | 538.76 (−14.92, 1092.44) | ||||
| Overall total cost | 532.23 (237.90, 826.55) | 1556.95 (−348.47, 3462.37) | −1024.72 (−2802.38, 752.93) | 694.41 (460.40, 928.42) | 1335.95 (28.32, 2643.58) | −641.54 (−1867.44, 584.35) |
| Overall total by collection method | 1020.19 (129.19, 1911.19) | 999.90 (387.23, 1612.58) | ||||
CI confidence intervals