Table 5

Summary of healthcare resource use costs incurred per patient across three study groups (£)

Mean cost (£)
Video group, n=35Telephone group, n=24Control group, n=24
GP101.06172.4393.55
Inpatient bed days358.711634.463171.93
A and E attendance28.50111.0077
Paediatric outpatient attendance96.00210.00212.58
Paediatric cardiology outpatient attendance219.90223.75164.18
Cardiac liaison nurse phone call12.6018.0220.04
Cardiac liaison nurse home visit5.5212.0810.26
Total heathcare costs (95% CIs)*822.32 (449.32 to 1399.04)2381.75 (1492.42 to 3312.48)3581.91 (1615.04 to 6254.98)
  • * 95% non-parametric CI based on 1000 bootstrap replications.