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Table 4 Service use and cost in eight-weeks prior to baseline assessment and between baseline and t3

From: Is a specialist breathlessness service more effective and cost-effective for patients with advanced cancer and their carers than standard care? Findings of a mixed-method randomised controlled trial

Service use and cost during the eight-weeks prior to baseline assessment

Formal and informal care

Intervention arm (number = 35)

Control arm (number = 32)

Service

Number (%)

Mean (SD) contacts

Mean (SD) cost

Number (%)

Mean (SD) contacts

Mean (SD) cost

Inpatient

15 (43)

13.0 (12.1)

3187 (5807)

16 (50)

8.1 (5.5)

2306 (3208)

Other hospital care

32 (91)

5.9 (6.3)

712 (827)

31 (97)

4.5 (2.9)

566 (377)

GP

31 (89)

3.2 (2.3)

145 (165)

28 (88)

3.5 (1.9)

134 (102)

Nurse

27 (77)

10.4 (19.0)

278 (605)

26 (81)

2.5 (1.9)

63 (72)

Other health professionals

17 (49)

2.0 (1.1)

42 (59)

15 (47)

1.9 (1.2)

33 (55)

Social care

5 (14)

29.6 (30.3)

101 (343)

5 (16)

24.8 (48.8)

110 (462)

Total formal care costs

  

4464 (6017)

  

3212 (3434)

Informal care

32 (91)

20.4 (18.8)

1673 (1690)

32 (100)

25.1 (25.1)

2249 (2248)

Total costs

  

6137 (6099)

  

5461 (4393)

Service use and cost between baseline and t3

 

Intervention arm (number = 28)

Control arm (number = 26)

Service

Number (%)

Mean (SD) contacts

Mean (SD) cost

Number (%)

Mean (SD) contacts

Mean (SD) cost

BIS intervention

27 (96)

1.9 (2.0)

119 (62)

2 (8)

1.5 (0.7)

5 (20)

Inpatient

2 (7)

3.0 (2.8)

123 (547)

3 (12)

6.3 (6.8)

418 (1614)

Other hospital care

15 (54)

1.5 (0.8)

105 (115)

14 (54)

1.4 (0.6)

96 (107)

GP

10 (36)

1.2 (0.6)

22 (38)

13 (50)

1.3 (0.5)

27 (32)

Nurse

11 (39)

3.0 (3.8)

37 (96)

12 (46)

1.8 (1.6)

25 (46)

Other health professionals

5 (18)

1.2 (0.4)

11 (28)

3 (12)

1.0 (0.0)

3 (9)

Social care

4 (14)

4.3 (6.5)

20 (59)

3 (12)

15.7 (22.9)

45 (190)

Total formal care costs

  

436 (604)

  

618 (1627)

Informal care

22 (79)

20.3 (20.8)

358 (452)

25 (96)

23.4 (25.2)

504 (564)

Total costs

  

794 (866)

  

1121 (1635)

  1. Costs in 2011/2012 £s. BIS, Breathlessness Intervention Service; GP, general practitioner; SD standard deviation.