Results of cost-effectiveness study.
| Costs of all NHS-related contacts | Benefits in terms of number of symptoms alleviated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intervention | Standard care | Difference | Intervention | Standard care | Difference | Cost-effectiveness (£) | |
| First 3 months | £129 | £40 | £89 | 0.922 | 0.556 | 0.367 | 242 |
| (95% CI) | (122.82–134.78) | (30.78–49.34) | (77.65–99.82) | (0.835–1.010) | (0.383–0.728) | (0.166–0.567) | |
| Total 6-month period | £252 | £73 | £179 | 1.01 | 0.643 | 0.366 | 488 |
| (95% CI) | (234.66–268.53) | (53.07–92.88) | (152.41–204.83) | (0.914–1.105) | (0.46–0.826) | (0.149–0.583) | |
| Benefits in terms of cases improved | |||||||
| First 3 months | 0.610 | 0.497 | 0.113 | 783 | |||
| (95% CI) | (0.575–0.646) | (0.422–0.572) | (0.03–0.197) | ||||
| Total 6-month period | 0.6226 | 0.5146 | 0.1080 | 1654 | |||
| (95% CI) | (0.588–0.658) | (0.439–0.59) | (0.025–0.191) | ||||