Table 2 Mean resource use and cost by APEX trial treatment group for total hip replacements (available cases)
Intervention | Control | |||||||||
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N | Mean resource use | (SD) | Mean cost | (SD) | N | Mean resource use | (SD) | Mean cost | (SD) | |
Initial inpatient stay | ||||||||||
Theatre time (in minutes) | 148 | 99 | 29 | £1,407 | £411 | 147 | 101 | 31.6 | £1,441 | £449 |
Recovery time (in minutes) | 143 | 103 | 65 | £397 | £251 | 144 | 113 | 77.4 | £435 | £297 |
Days in wards | 153 | 5.2 | 3.3 | £1,597 | £1,516 | 154 | 5.2 | 2.8 | £1,553 | £886 |
Secondary care after initial discharge | ||||||||||
Inpatient admissions after initial discharge a | 115 | £341 | £1,847 | 122 | £101 | £554 | ||||
Orthopaedics appointments | 142 | 1.96 | 1.2 | £199 | £121 | 146 | 1.97 | 1.4 | £201 | £138 |
Physiotherapy appointments | 142 | 0.19 | 0.8 | £7 | £32 | 146 | 0.23 | 0.8 | £9 | £30 |
Accident and emergency visits | 142 | 0.06 | 0.4 | £7 | £46 | 146 | 0.04 | 0.3 | £5 | £30 |
Other appointments | 142 | 0.04 | 0.3 | £5 | £37 | 146 | 0.04 | 0.3 | £7 | £59 |
Community-based resources | ||||||||||
GP contacts combined | 107 | 1.90 | 3.3 | £61 | £113 | 108 | 2.66 | 4.5 | £83 | £145 |
Nurse contacts combined | 110 | 1.60 | 4.1 | £25 | £70 | 114 | 1.24 | 2.7 | £18 | £41 |
Occupational therapist contacts combined | 113 | 0.04 | 0.4 | £1 | £7 | 116 | 0.08 | 0.5 | £1 | £8 |
Community physiotherapist contacts combined | 109 | 0.25 | 1.1 | £4 | £19 | 113 | 0.58 | 1.8 | £10 | £30 |
Prescribed medications a | 113 | £22 | £77 | 120 | £21 | £55 | ||||
Total NHS cost b | 92 | £3,773 | £1,557 | 87 | £3,762 | £1,065 | ||||
Personal social services (PSS) | ||||||||||
Home care worker (in hours) | 139 | 1.11 | 8.1 | £27 | £195 | 144 | 5.36 | 56.3 | £129 | £1,351 |
Meals (food at home services) | 137 | 2.76 | 24.0 | £9 | £75 | 138 | 0.00 | 0.0 | £0 | £0 |
Contacts with social worker | 138 | 0.05 | 0.5 | £4 | £36 | 144 | 0.13 | 1.1 | £7 | £59 |
Home changes a | 161 | £1 | £3 | 158 | £2 | £5 | ||||
Total NHS+PSS cost b | 88 | £3,837 | £1,642 | 85 | £3,948 | £2,108 | ||||