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- Table 1
The cost of providing the interventions — guidelines, prioritised criteria or criteria plus feedback (total number of practices = 81).
Intervention Asthma Angina Guidelines Total purchase cost (£) 791.23 849.24 Practices (n) 27 27 Mean cost per practice (£) 29.30 31.45 Prioritised criteria Development time (£) 397.74 397.74 Cost of printed cards (£) 122.64 154.31 Total for audit criteria (£) 518.38 551.05 Practices (n) 54 54 Mean cost per practice (£) 9.60 10.20 Feedback Data collection costs (£) 152.14 152.14 Provision of feedback (£) 17.93 17.93 Practices (n) 27 27 Audit criteria/practice (£) 9.60 10.20 Mean total cost per practice (£) 179.67 180.29 Values are 1999/2000 £ sterling.
- Table 2
Mean and median costs (£ sterling) borne by practices implementing guidelines for asthma and angina.a
Mean cost in £ sterling (95% CI) Median cost in £ sterling (IQR) Intervention group Meetings in practice Practice lead Training Other practice costs Total Meetings in practice Practice lead Training Other practice costs Total Asthma Guidelines 79 (9 to 49) 1136 (262 to 2011) 425 (−289 to 1139) 23 (−9 to 56) 1664 (312 to 3016) 12 (0–59) 255 (1–1375) 0 (0–93) 0 (0–0) 676 (143–1522) Criteria 21 (0 to 42) 549 (38 to 1060) 792 (−191 to 1776) 2 (−2 to 5) 1364 (122 to 2605) 0 (0–19) 0 (0–713) 0 (0–470) 0 (0–0) 230 (6–1486) Criteria with feedback 17 (5 to 29) 181 (−54 to 416) 679 (57 to 1301) 0 (0 to 0) 877 (111 to 1643) 6 (0–30) 0 (0–33) 106 (0–811) 0 (0–0) 219 (6–1375) Angina Guidelines 80 (−41 to 202) 727 (−233 to 1686) 31 (−35 to 97) 0 (0 to 0) 838 (−296 to 1973) 15 (0–35) 0 (0–451) 0 (0–0) 0 (0–0) 45 (0–471) Criteria 26 (1 to 50) 2015 (−1336 to 5367) 83 (−41 to 206) 4 (−3 to 11) 2127 (−1216 to 5470) 7 (0–20) 0 (0–230) 0 (0–15) 0 (0–0) 125 (0–788) Criteria with feedback 67 (−25 to 160) 955 (−18 to 1928) 14 (−5 to 33) 7 (−4 to 17) 1043 (52 to 2034) 13 (0–30) 0 (0–303) 0 (0–0) 0 (0–0) 26 (0–618) ↵a Values are 1999/2000 £ sterling. IQR = interquartile range.
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