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Table 5 Resource use costs amongst the complete case sample

From: Is telephone health coaching a useful population health strategy for supporting older people with multimorbidity? An evaluation of reach, effectiveness and cost-effectiveness using a ‘trial within a cohort’

Type of service

Usual care (n = 378)

Health coaching (n = 206)

Mean (£)

95% CI

Mean (£)

95% CI

Secondary care costs

 Emergency short stay

146.87 (112.25–181.48)

98.95 (64.27–133.63)

 Emergency long stay

313.76 (190.97–436.54)

219.08 (101.92–336.24)

 Day case

343.61 (212.29–474.93)

238.36 (166.87–309.86)

 Elective admission

310.71 (203.04–418.38)

405.96 (201.93–609.99)

 Outpatient appointment

1851.42 (1605.13–2097.70)

2521.95 (2139.57–2904.32)

 A&E attendance

76.66 (62.69–90.63)

51.79 (39.33–64.24)

Mean total costs of secondary care contacts

3043.02 (2626.02–3460.03)

3536.09 (2979.87–4092.31)

GP appointments

381.14 (350.96–411.32)

392.50 (351.72–433.28)

Health coaching costs

79.29 (69.59–88.99)

Mean total cost

3424.16 (2999.98–3848.34)

4007.88 (3444.57–4571.18)