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Table 4 Costs of service provision and service utilisation by group (£ stirling)

From: Follow-up care after treatment for prostate cancer: evaluation of a supported self-management and remote surveillance programme

 

Programme group (N = 206)

Comparator group (N = 265)

mean

sd

min

max

mean

sd

min

max

Total Cost

 

288.7

413.5

33.7

4185.0

327.3

1037.2

0

12,632.8

Subtotal

 Direct cost of Intervention

102.3

21.0

18.8

200.9

58.6

90.5

0

639.0

 Total cost of Service use

186.3

411.4

0

4069.3

268.6

1020.7

0

12,499.4

Programme group follow up care costs

 Screening Cost

4.1

0.00

4.1

4.1

    

 Introduction to support worker

6.2

0.00

6.2

6.2

    

 Set up on PSA tracker system

5.0

0.00

5.0

5.0

    

 PSA Reviews

6.2

2.9

0

14.7

    

 Signed up to Online Portal

4.1

2.7

0

6.0

    

 Conducted Electronic Health Needs Assessment (HNA)

2.8

5.0

0

25.0

    

 Conducted Paper Health Needs Assessment (HNA)

2.4

1.5

0

3.4

    

 Staff Member electronic Messages

1.0

2.4

0

16.5

    

 Patient electronic Messages

0.8

2.4

0

21.0

    

 Cost of delivery of workshop (per patient)

62.9

11.8

0

65.1

    

Comparator group follow up care costs

 Face to Face CLINIC, CNS Band6

    

1.5

5.8

0

42.0

 Face to Face CLINIC, CNS Band7

    

3.6

9.0

0

52.0

 Face to Face CLINIC, CNS Band8A

    

0.1

1.1

0

10.3

 Face to Face CLINIC, Registrar Urology

    

7.4

18.7

0

125.3

 Face to Face CLINIC, Consultant Urology

    

10.8

35.0

0

200.0

 Face to Face CLINIC, Registrar Oncology

    

0.1

1.9

0

31.3

 Face to Face CLINIC, Consultant Oncology

    

29.6

81.4

0

600.0

 Telephone CLINIC, CNS Band6

    

0.00

0.00

0

0

 Telephone CLINIC, CNS Band7

    

3.0

7.9

0

39.0

 Telephone CLINIC, CNS Band8A

    

0.08

1.2

0

20.6

 Telephone CLINIC, Consultant Oncology

    

0.6

7.3

0

100.0

Unplanned Clinical calls cost

 Telephone Contact, Support worker

3.4

7.2

0

36.5

0.04

0.4

0

5.0

 Telephone Contact, CNS Band6

0.07

0.6

0

7.0

0.00

0

0

0

 Telephone Contact, CNS Band7

0.9

3.6

0

26.0

1.4

5.8

0

60.6

 Telephone Contact, CNS Band8A

0.00

0.00

0

0

0.1

1.1

0

15.5

 Telephone Contact, Registrar Urology

1.0

6.4

0

62.6

0.00

0.00

0

0

 Telephone Contact, Consultant Urology

0.1

2.3

0

33.3

0.00

0.00

0

0

 Telephone Contact, Consultant Oncology

0.8

6.1

0

66.6

0.00

0.00

0

0

Other prostate related service use

 GP Visit

48.2

63.1

0

396.0

53.1

72.5

0

396.0

 GP Tel Advice

1.0

3.4

0

18.4

1.2

3.2

0

23.0

 GP Home Visit

1.7

12.7

0

92.0

1.3

11.2

0

92.0

 GP Nurse Visit

16.7

18.1

0

111.4

15.5

18.3

0

89.1

 GP Nurse Tel advice

1.4

4.4

0

31.6

1.1

3.8

0

23.7

 GP Nurse home visit

1.8

22.1

0

315.8

1.2

8.9

0

98.7

 Social worker visit

0.7

7.7

0

79.0

1.7

13.6

0

158.0

 Physiotherapist visit NHS

2.8

16.7

0

192.0

5.6

42.1

0

512.0

 Dietician visit NHS

1.4

7.9

0

64.0

1.8

21.9

0

352.0

 Counsellor Visit NHS

0.6

5.0

0

42.0

3.4

43.2

0

672.0

 Psychiatrist/psychologist Visit NHS

0.4

4.1

0

42.0

0.1

2.5

0

42.0

 Complementary Therapist Visit NHS

1.1

8.4

0

80.0

0.1

1.3

0

16.0

 Services Helpline call

0.1

1.0

0

10.5

0.4

2.7

0

31.5

 Attended Urology Clinic

37.8

86.0

0

464.9

0.00

0.00

0

0

 Other Clinic Cost

20.4

70.1

0

468.0

30.7

130.5

0

1560.0

 A&E

9.5

137.6

0

1976.0

26.1

199.9

0

1976.0

 Hospital Day Case

31.1

162.1

0

1426.0

64.5

340.8

0

2852.0

 Hospital Inpatient Cost

8.9

95.7

0

1232.0

59.3

534.8

0

5800.0

 Ambulance use

0.00

0.00

0

0

0.7

8.5

0

98.0