Table 5

Economic analysis profile (Costs expressed in 2002/03 UK£).

Type of service/resource
Mean (SD) per patient
Effect of intervention adjusted for a difference between registers


Control
Intervention
p-value
Mean (95% CI)

NHS Costs




Primary care visits/consultations (n = 965)
135.61 (43.40)
136.67 (40.40)
0.96
0.50 (-21.5; 22.5)
Secondary care visits/consultations (n = 1091)
189.03 (55.40)
186.45 (68.73)
0.62
-7.41 (-37.58; 22.77)
All tests/investigations (n = 1046)
65.71 (26.28)
72.06 (28.05)
0.68
2.75 (-10.77; 16.28)
NHS pre-booked transport service (n = 1259)
19.34 (33.04)
17 (44.78)
0.49
-7.24 (-28.34; 13.85)
All drugs except insulin (n = 1330)
22.07(6.46)
20.81(6.68)
0.72
-0.55 (-3.6; 2.49)
Insulin (n = 1388)
6.13 (3.72)
6.18 (4.38)
0.83
0.20 (-1.65; 2.06)
Cardiovascular drugs (all categories) (n = 1341)
18.3 (5.38)
17.05(5.25)
0.60
-0.66 (-3.15; 1.84)
Private costs/time use




All private special items/equipment* (n = 1285)
20.80 (11.05)
26.98 (12.13)
0.10
4.89 (-0.97; 10.75)
All private consultations(n = 1348)
3.21 (3.92)
2.45 (2.56)
0.49
-0.60 (-2.32; 1.12)
Costs-All private modes of transport (n = 1240)
7.43 (4.97)
6.86 (6.02)
0.47
-0.10 (-3.77; 1.78)
Patient-Pay loss because of time off (n = 1295)
1.10 (2.64)
3.73 (7.59)
0.06
3.01 (-0.15; 6.16)
Patient-Pay loss because of sick leave (n = 1195)
4.12 (12.33)
36.76 (103.08)
0.12
27.67 (-7.28; 62.63)
Patient-Hours off other activities (n = 1120)
1.67 (1.87)
0.86 (0.98)
0.07
-0.77 (-1.6; 0.07)
Patient-Days off other activities (n = 1034)
0.18 (0.29)
0.20 (0.34)
0.77
2.488E-02 (-0.15; 0.19)
Companion-Pay loss (n = 1233)
1.66 (6.62)
2.89 (9.08)
0.65
0.85 (-2.96; 4.67)
Companion-Days off (n = 734)
0.62 (0.86)
0.82 (1.11)
0.66
0.10 (-0.37; 0.58)
Companion – Hours off (n = 858)
2.50 (3.48)
2.11 (1.90)
0.74
-0.23 (-1.65; 1.19)

* Special items/equipment include: spectacles, special shoes, glucose tablets, monitoring equipment, books or videos.

Eccles et al. Implementation Science 2007 2:6   doi:10.1186/1748-5908-2-6

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