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Table 1 Resource use at 12 month follow-up (for the previous 6 months)
| Intervention (n = 160) | Controls (n = 159) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Resource | Unit | Number of users | Mean contacts a | SD | Number of users | Mean contacts a | SD |
| Specialist accommodation | |||||||
| Supported housing / assisted living | bed day | 37 | 182 | 1 | 30 | 179 | 12 |
| Sheltered housing | bed day | 1 | 182 | – | 6 | 158 | 60 |
| Hostel / shelter | bed day | 4 | 182 | 0 | 5 | 152 | 68 |
| Hospital inpatient | |||||||
| Inpatient | bed day | 42 | 182 | 1 | 41 | 173 | 34 |
| Hospital outpatient | |||||||
| Psychiatric outpatient | visit | 13 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| Non-psychiatric / general / medical outpatient | visit | 14 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 2 |
| Diabetes clinic | visit | 11 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 1 |
| Blood tests | visit | 79 | 5 | 4 | 69 | 4 | 3 |
| Psychiatric day hospital | visit | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | – |
| Non-psychiatric / general / medical day hospital | visit | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| Day surgery centre | visit | 4 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| A&E department | visit | 22 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 2 | 1 |
| X-ray | visit | 23 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 1 | <1 |
| Substance misuse clinic | visit | 3 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 4 |
| Dietetics | visit | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | – |
| Community based day services | |||||||
| Community based services | visit | 70 | 44 | 40 | 63 | 40 | 36 |
| Community based professionals | |||||||
| Care coordinator | surgery visit | 95 | 9 | 7 | 98 | 7 | 7 |
| Care coordinator | home visit | 67 | 9 | 8 | 64 | 8 | 8 |
| Care coordinator | phone call | 32 | 8 | 10 | 29 | 6 | 7 |
| Home treatment team | surgery visit | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | – |
| Home treatment team | home visit | 10 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 13 | 7 |
| Home treatment team | phone call | 1 | 2 | – | 0 | – | – |
| Crisis resolution team | surgery visit | 1 | 3 | – | 0 | – | – |
| Crisis resolution team | home visit | 1 | 2 | – | 0 | – | – |
| Crisis resolution team | phone call | 1 | 2 | – | 0 | – | – |
| Community psychiatric nurse | surgery visit | 1 | 6 | – | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| Community psychiatric nurse | home visit | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Social worker | surgery visit | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| Social worker | home visit | 2 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Psychiatrist | surgery visit | 85 | 2 | 2 | 86 | 2 | 4 |
| Psychiatrist | home visit | 7 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 8 |
| Psychologist | surgery visit | 10 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 11 | 13 |
| Psychologist | home visit | 1 | 14 | – | 1 | 24 | – |
| Psychologist | phone call | 0 | – | – | 1 | 1 | – |
| Psychotherapist | surgery visit | 1 | 4 | – | 1 | 3 | – |
| Counsellor | surgery visit | 9 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 |
| GP | surgery visit | 110 | 3 | 3 | 104 | 3 | 4 |
| GP | home visit | 1 | 3 | – | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| GP | phone call | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | – |
| Blood test at GP | surgery visit | 38 | 2 | 1 | 44 | 2 | 2 |
| Diabetes nurse | surgery visit | 9 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| Diabetes nurse | phone call | 0 | – | – | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Practice nurse | surgery visit | 33 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 11 | 39 |
| Practice nurse | home visit | 0 | – | – | 1 | 6 | – |
| Practice nurse | phone call | 1 | 2 | – | 0 | – | – |
| District nurse | surgery visit | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | – | – |
| Occupational therapist | surgery visit | 4 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 4 |
| Occupational therapist | home visit | 4 | 22 | 34 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Occupational therapist | phone call | 1 | 2 | – | 1 | 2 | – |
| Dietician | surgery visit | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
| Home help | home visit | 11 | 53 | 52 | 7 | 61 | 59 |
| Meals on wheels | home visit | 2 | 13 | 16 | 0 | – | – |
| Pharmacist for advice | surgery visit | 16 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 3 | 2 |
| Pharmacist for advice | phone call | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
| NHS direct | phone call | 0 | – | – | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Samaritans | phone call | 5 | 79 | 90 | 4 | 24 | 45 |
| Medication | 159 | – | – | 158 | – | – | |
