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.