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Table 5 Economic analysis profile (Costs expressed in 2002/03 UK£).

From: A pragmatic cluster randomised controlled trial of a Diabetes REcall And Management system: the DREAM trial

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)

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