Table 4 Completion rates for resource use categories over the follow-up period
Resource-use category | Intervention | Standard care | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|  | Number of completes | Percentage of returners (n = 26) | Percentage of all (n = 36) | Number of completes | Percentage of returners (n = 29) | Percentage of all (n = 37) |
NHS resource use | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Community-based visits | 17 | 65% | 47% | 19 | 66% | 51% |
Hospital inpatient visits | 24 | 92% | 67% | 28 | 97% | 76% |
Outpatient and A&E visits | 25 | 96% | 69% | 28 | 97% | 76% |
Prescribed medications | 22 | 85% | 61% | 24 | 83% | 65% |
PSS resource use | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Home care worker | 26 | 100% | 72% | 27 | 93% | 73% |
Food at home services | 26 | 100% | 72% | 26 | 90% | 70% |
Social worker visits | 26 | 100% | 72% | 25 | 86% | 68% |
Home changes | 24 | 92% | 67% | 25 | 86% | 68% |
NHS + PSS perspective | 12 | 46% | 33% | 16 | 55% | 43% |
Other resources: productivity losses, informal care, private expenses and other | Â | |||||
Time off work | 23 | 89% | 64% | 24 | 83% | 65% |
Time off usual and leisure activities | 26 | 100% | 72% | 21 | 72% | 57% |
Informal care time | 26 | 100% | 72% | 23 | 79% | 62% |
Charities and support group visits | 26 | 100% | 72% | 25 | 86% | 68% |
Privately paid therapies used | 23 | 89% | 64% | 25 | 86% | 68% |
Travel costs | 13 | 50% | 36% | 14 | 48% | 38% |
Over-the-counter medications | 25 | 96% | 69% | 27 | 93% | 73% |
Societal perspective | 6 | 23% | 17% | 7 | 24% | 19% |