Nurse led versus lay educators support for those with asthma in primary care: a costing study

BMC Pulmonary Medicine

Table 3 Unscheduled healthcare usage and costs

		Practice nurse n = 205			Lay educator n = 213
	Unit Cost	Total number of events	Median, range per patient	Mean cost per patient, (SD)*	Total number of events	Median, range per patient	Mean cost per patient, (SD)*
Hospital admission	£932 ¹	88	0, 0-6	£123 (£596)	109	0, 0-3	£92 (£448)
GP Attendance (per surgery consultation lasting 12.6 minutes)	£30 ²	62	0, 0-1	£12 (£32)	48	0, 0-6	£15 (£34)
A&E attendance (standard attendance)	£61 ³	27	0, 0-10	£18 (£64)	21	0, 0-6	£13 (£46)
ICU hospital stay^¥	£1470 ⁴	1	0, 0-1	£7 (£105)	2	0, 0-1	£14 (£145)
Total number of unscheduled healthcare events				£161 (£718)			£135 (£553)

^* The mean costs per patient were calculated at an individual patient level, e.g. patients may have had more than one hospital admission or GP attendance during the study as shown by the median and range.
^¥ ICU hospital stay has not been included in the unscheduled healthcare event as it has already been included in the hospital admission count.
¹ (Mean 4 days length of stay) National schedule of reference costs 2004–2005.
² PSSRU 2004–2005.
³ National tariff 2005/2006.
⁴ National schedule of reference costs 2004/2005.

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