Table 4 Service use and costs per patient over 12 months of mental health nurse supplementary prescribing compared to independent medical prescribing
| Â | Nurse supplementary prescriber group | Independent medical prescriber group | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Service | N (%) using Service | Mean (SD) Contacts1 | Mean (SD) Cost (£)2 | N (%) using service | Mean (SD) Contacts1 | Mean (SD Cost (£)2 |
Intervention | 45 (100) | - | 497 (0) | 0 (0) | - | 0 (0) |
Medical outpatient/Daycare | 9 (20) | 5.1 (5.1) | 99 (297) | 4 (9) | 3.8 (3.8) | 33 (143) |
Psychiatric day care | 10 (22) | 14.5 (27.1) | 76 (304) | 8 (18) | 56.0 (51.8) | 312 (1154) |
Non-psychiatric nurse | 21 (46) | 6.6 (8.3) | 89 (287) | 12 (27) | 7.5 (13.3) | 113 (612) |
Other therapist | 8 (17) | 10.1 (11.4) | 79 (324) | 6 (14) | 35.0 (40.3) | 340 (1274) |
Psychiatrist | 33 (72) | 8.9 (9.6) | 612 (1012) | 37 (84) | 13.9 (9.2) | 1032 (972) |
OT/vocational worker | 4 (9) | 2.8 (2.4) | 6 (25) | 1 (2) | 5.0 (-) | 5 (30) |
Social care | 6 (13) | 11.6 (8.8) | 106 (379) | 8 (18) | 18.1 (8.3) | 181 (613) |
Psychiatric inpatient3 | 9 (20) | 52.1 (44.1) | 2049 (5622) | 4 (9) | 47.3 (49.8) | 863 (3824) |
Medical inpatient3 | 5 (11) | 3.0 (0.7) | 79 (235) | 1 (2) | 7.0 (-) | 39 (256) |
GP | 33 (72) | 8.3 (11.4) | 159 (314) | 40 (91) | 5.0 (4.2) | 140 (163) |
Psychologist | 3 (7) | 13.8 (1.1) | 59 (227) | 3 (7) | 15.0 (8.9) | 68 (282) |
CMHN | 35 (76) | 22.1 (16.5) | 603 (600) | 16 (36) | 36.4 (20.7) | 594 (1008) |
A&E | 6 (13) | 1.2 (0.4) | 13 (37) | 2 (5) | 1.5 (0.7) | 6 (29) |
Informal care | 17 (37) | 1196 (994) | 6188 (11645) | 16 (36) | 1037 (1368) | 5278 (13336) |
Total excluding informal care |  |  | 4526 (5996) |  |  | 3723 (4391) (95% CI, £-1341 to £3020) |
Total including informal care |  |  | 10714 (13257) |  |  | 9001 (14465) (95% CI, £-3950 to £6699) |