From: An exercise intervention to prevent falls in Parkinson’s: an economic evaluation
Intervention Mean (SD), median N=48 | Control Mean (SD), median N=45 | Mean difference (95% CI) P-value | |
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Parkinson’s medications (£) | |||
Mean (SD) | 836 (994), 579 | 707 (812), 331 | 129 (−490 to 233), 0.50 |
Acute healthcare (£) | |||
Inpatient bed days, mean (SD) | 107 (678), 0 | 322 (1339), 0 | −215 (−643 to 212), 0.324 |
Day case, mean (SD) | 3 (20), 0 | 15 (53), 0 | −12 (−30 to 5), 0.156 |
A&E attendances, mean (SD) | 12 (41), 0 | 17 (62), 0 | −6 (−28 to 17), 0.616 |
Outpatient consultant appointments, mean (SD) | 142 (19), 126 | 169 (26), 162 | −28 (−92 to 36), 0.398 |
PDNS appointments, mean (SD) | 0 (0), 0 | 1 (2), 0 | 1 (−1 to 1), 0.321 |
PDNS home visits, mean (SD) | 0 (0), 0 | 0 (0), 0 | Not calculable |
Total acute healthcare, mean (SD) | 263 (749), 126 | 524 (1429), 126 | −389 (−741 to 190), 0.27 |
Primary healthcare contacts (£) | |||
GP appointments, mean (SD) | 79 (110), 36 | 70 (93), 36 | 8 (−31 to 48), 0.677 |
GP home visit, mean (SD) | 5 (16), 0 | 5 (17), 0 | 0 (−7 to 6), 0.923 |
Parkinson nurse appointments, mean (SD) | 9 (13), 0 | 9 (15), 0 | 0 (−5 to 6), 0.901 |
Community nurse home visit, mean (SD) | 1 (4), 0 | 3 (20), 0 | −3 (−9 to 3), 0.324 |
Total primary healthcare, mean (SD) | 93 (116), 69 | 88 (101), 62 | 5 (−38 to 49), 0.80 |
Social care contacts (£) | |||
Social/community care assessments, mean (SD) | 70 (217), 0 | 18 (86), 0 | 52 (−15 to 119), 0.126 |
Hours of home care, mean (SD) | 177 (886), 0 | 39 (259), 0 | 138 (−129 to 405), 0.312 |
Hours of day care, mean (SD) | 5 (34), 0 | 0 (0), 0 | 5 (−5 to 15), 0.324 |
Days of residential care, mean (SD) | 0 (0), 0 | 61 (408), 0 | −61 (−173 to 52), 0.290 |
Days of nursing care, mean (SD) | 0 (0), 0 | 42 (279), 0 | −42 (−123 to 40), 0.318 |
Total social care, mean (SD) | 252 (1023), 0 | 159 (753), 0 | 92 (−268 to 453), 0.62 |