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Table 9 NHS and social care resource use based on patient questionnaires and patient records

From: The use of global positional satellite location in dementia: a feasibility study for a randomised controlled trial

 

Unit cost £

Telephone questionnaire (N = 6)

Patient records (N = 9)

 

Unit cost

Quantity

Cost (£)

Quantity

Cost (£)

AE

130

0.5

65.0

0.3

43.3

OPD

67

3.3

223.3

2.0

134.0

Inpatient days

384

17.2

6592.0

15.8

6058.7

Day case

498

0.2

83.0

0.2

110.7

GP surgery

36

3.0

108.0

1.3

48.0

GP Home visit

120

0.0

0.0

0.3

40.0

GP telephone

22

2.2

47.7

1.7

36.7

PN surgery

12

2.2

26.0

1.6

18.7

PN telephone

4

1.3

5.3

0.0

0.0

DN visit

27

0.8

22.5

0.7

18.0

DN telephone

7

0.2

1.2

0.0

0.0

Out of hours

 

0

0

0

0

Total

  

7174.0

 

6508.0