Intervention group | Control group | Significance1 | |
---|---|---|---|
n = 400 | n = 398 | P | |
Primary Care Sector | Mean, median (min, max) | ||
GP consultations, surgery | 5.18, 4 (0, 28) | 6.00, 5 (0, 46) | 0.11 |
Phone | 0.63, 0 (0, 14) | 0.69, 0 (0, 20) | 0.68 |
Home visits | 0.12, 0 (0, 20) | 0.11, 0 (0, 10) | 0.64 |
Practice nurse consultations | 2.98, 1 (0, 29) | 3.31, 2 (0, 42) | 0.05 |
Mental Health Professionals | 0.83, 0 (0, 32) | 0.71, 0 (0, 53) | 0.58 |
Other health professionals | 0.65, 0 (0, 32) | 1.14, 0 (0, 36) | 0.11 |
Secondary Care Sector | |||
Consultant | 2.00, 1 (0, 22) | 2.09, 1 (0, 26) | 0.55 |
Specialist nurse | 0.87, 0 (0, 42) | 0.61, 0 (0, 24) | 0.98 |
Physiotherapist | 1.59, 0 (0, 52) | 1.66, 0 (0, 48) | 0.63 |
Other health professionals seen | 0.68, 0 (0, 78) | 0.35, 0 (0, 26) | 0.21 |
A&E | 0.32, 0 (0, 18) | 0.30, 0 (0, 15) | 0.08 |
Inpatient hospital days (all causes) | 0.97, 0 (0, 96) | 1.05, 0 (0, 32) | 0.70 |
Type of Cost 2 | Intervention | Control group | Mean difference |
Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | (95% CI bootstrapped) | |
NHS primary care sector | |||
GP consultations: | |||
Surgery | 186 (159) | 215 (204) | -28 |
Telephone | 14 (36) | 15 (40) | -1.4 |
Home visits | 6 (55) | 6 (35) | 0.7 |
All GP consultation (subtotal) | 206 (182) | 235 (224) | -29 (-59, -0.3) |
Practice nurse consultations | 51 (104) | 56 (125) | -5 |
Mental health professional | 42 (189) | 36 (198) | 6 |
Other health professionals | 23 (87) | 31 (121) | -9 |
Total primary care consultations | 322 (339) | 358 (409) | -36. 5 (-92, 16) |
Primary care prescribing | 352 (448) | 391 (494) | -39 |
Total primary care | 674 (610) | 749 (712) | -76 (-167, 14) |
NHS secondary sector | |||
Outpatients: | |||
Consultant | 223 (302) | 232 (325) | -9 (-51, 33) |
Specialist nurse | 312 (127) | 21 (69) | 11 (-2, 24) |
Physiotherapist | 65 (223) | 68 (202) | -3 (-31, 26) |
Other hospital attendances | 60 (598) | 17 (107) | 43 (-3,110) |
Day cases | 121 (361) | 83 (330) | 38 (-12, 89) |
Inpatient hospital days (all causes) | 374 (1915) | 411 (1447) | -37 (-246, 210) |
A&E attendances | 26 (107) | 23 (78) | 2 (-10, 16) |
Tests | 121 (251) | 149 (258) | -28 (-64, 7)* |
Total secondary care | 901 (2235) | 856 (1721) | 45 (-208, 351) |
TOTAL NHS COST | 1695 (2514) | 1754 (2155) | -58. 4 (-361, 301) |
Base case NERS Intervention cost | |||
2 session/week for 16 week | 385 | 0 (0) | 385 |
TOTAL NHS, WAG and LOCAL AUTHORITY COST | 2080 (2514) | 1754 (2155) | 326 (-2, 660) |