Table 2 Cost of health care services and non-NHS expenditures related to CFS/ME at each follow up, by treatment group (mean, sd)*
From: Cost-effectiveness of supported self-management for CFS/ME patients in primary care
| Â | Week 0 to 20 | Week 44 to 70 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Pragmatic rehabilitation | Supportive listening | Treatment as usual | Pragmatic rehabilitation | Supportive listening | Treatment as usual | ||||||
NHS costs of CFS / ME | Mean £,N=85 | sd | Mean £, N=97 | sd | Mean £,N=92 | sd | Mean £,N=81 | sd | mean £, N=90 | sd | Mean £, N=86 | sd |
Inpatient | 7 | (63) | 84 | (345) | 63 | (357) | 54 | (367) | 93 | (512) | 34 | (144) |
Outpatient | 126 | (239) | 192 | (415) | 199 | (460) | 210 | (388) | 213 | (437) | 174 | (246) |
Accident & Emergency | 17 | (56) | 24 | (67) | 11 | (40) | 10 | (47) | 16 | (49) | 19 | (63) |
Daycase surgery | 10 | (93) | 18 | (122) | 56 | (212) | 63 | (225) | 104 | (309) | 50 | (201) |
Day facility | 15 | (104) | 3 | (14) | 21 | (151) | 13 | (82) | 6 | (42) | 0 | (0) |
General practicioner (GP) | 89 | (118) | 112 | (142) | 129 | (169) | 218 | (1142) | 157 | (252) | 158 | (308) |
GP home visit | 12 | (57) | 7 | (44) | 5 | (24) | 12 | (80) | 13 | (75) | 5 | (50) |
Practice nurse | 1 | (5) | 2 | (7) | 8 | (32) | 2 | (8) | 6 | (15) | 7 | (27) |
Occupational therapy | 10 | (52) | 6 | (35) | 1 | (6) | 0 | (0) | 4 | (28) | 0 | (0) |
District nurse | 0 | (0) | 4 | (39) | 0 | (0) | 0 | (0) | 0 | (0) | 0 | (0) |
Physiotherapy | 4 | (26) | 16 | (112) | 3 | (28) | 0 | (0) | 1 | (8) | 10 | (76) |
Phlebotomy | 76 | (208) | 51 | (127) | 90 | (252) | 77 | (194) | 109 | (237) | 130 | (238) |
Medications | 99 | (171) | 138 | (182) | 143 | (246) | 127 | (245) | 194 | (293) | 117 | (171) |
Total NHS cost of CFS/ME during the follow up period (excluding PR/SL intervention) | 468 | (639) | 655 | (750) | 739 | (974) | 789 | (1390) | 916 | (1156) | 710 | (814) |
Mean cost per person per week of CFS/ME to NHS (excluding PR/SL intervention) | 23 | Â | 33 | Â | 37 | Â | 30 | Â | 35 | Â | 27 | Â |
Cost of pragmatic rehabilitation and supportive listening interventions | 577 | (219) | 517 | (224) | 0 | (0) | 0 | (0) | 0 | (0) | 0 | (0) |
Non-NHS costs of CFS/ME | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Informal care (**) | 2096 | (4172) | 3538 | (6016) | 2426 | (3791) | 2816 | (4311) | 2339 | (3930) | 3102 | (4221) |
Private expenditure | 145 | (306) | 1343 | (11086) | 260 | (452) | 455 | (1367) | 321 | (894) | 315 | (932) |
Lost earnings | 2601 | (6460) | 4661 | (15215) | 3450 | (7459) | 5562 | (8776) | 3494 | (8509) | 3321 | (5285) |