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Table 3 Mean (SD) costs per patient over 12 months

From: Factors associated with costs and health outcomes in patients with Back and leg pain in primary care: a prospective cohort analysis

Cost (£)

 

ALL

Referred leg pain

Sciatica

Mean difference (95% CI)

ATLAS physiotherapy

43.09 (24.42)

36.94 (22.46)

44.94 (24.72)

 
 

n = 368

n = 85

n = 283

 

Primary care

 GP consultations

72.07 (107.65)

50.40 (88.35)

78.57 (112.12)

28.17 (2.84 to 49.48)

 Practice nurse consultations

1.25 (5.44)

2.01 (7.26)

1.02 (4.74)

−0.99 (−2.74 to 0.39)

 Consultations with other professionals

5.86 (16.32)

5.18 (15.79)

6.06 (16.49)

0.88 (−3.09 to 4.76)

 Prescriptions

1.02 (1.65)

0.65 (1.15)

1.13 (1.76)

0.33 (−3.19 to 3.20)

Hospital-based care

 NHS professional visits

59.08 (169.59)

51.64 (206.40)

61.32 (157.22)

9.68 (−40.87 to 51.47)

 Private professional visits

33.61 (177.62)

59.61 (274.68)

25.80 (135.34)

−33.81 (−98.19 to 19.68)

 Investigations (MRI, X-rays)

35.97 (93.57)

34.03 (108.76)

36.55 (88.71)

2.52 (−29.54 to 23.75)

Other healthcare professionals

 Additional NHS physiotherapy

109.28 (172.03)

93.69 (147.62)

113.96 (178.67)

20.27 (−20.69 to 55.45)

 Private physiotherapy

19.37 (96.43)

20.71 (121.94)

18.97 (87.58)

−1.74 (−31.85 to 19.05)

 NHS ‘other’

1.76 (20.08)

3.2 (29.50)

1.32 (16.26)

−1.87 (−10.67 to 2.62)

 Private ‘other’

0.99 (12.83)

0

1.29 (14.62)

1.29 (0.15 to 3.75)

 Over the counter purchases

10.51 (24.29)

11.34 (30.83)

10.26 (22.02)

−1.08 (−9.09 to 5.25)

 Work-related: Time-off work associated with condition

728.14 (2635.13)

216.05 (857.31)

881.94 (2952.15)

665.89 (349.61 to 1120.31)

 Imputed Analysis

 

n = 157

n = 452

 

 NHS costs

296.56 (326.75)

249.70 (301.58)

312.85 (333.83)

 

 mean difference (95% CI)

 

63.14 (8.70 to 117.35)

 

 Societal costs

1106.13 (2328.54)

700.82 (1006.76)

1246.92 (2623.35)

 

 mean difference (95% CI)

 

546.11 (274.16 to 844.01)

 
  1. NHS National Health Service costs, MRI Magnetic resonance imaging, C0049 Confidence interval