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Table 2 Resource use at 15 month follow-up (for the previous 3 months)
| Intervention (n = 152) | Controls (n = 149) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Resource | Unit | Number of users | Mean contacts a | SD | Number of users | Mean contacts a | SD |
| Specialist accommodation | |||||||
| Supported housing / assisted living | bed day | 36 | 90 | 3 | 30 | 90 | 3 |
| Sheltered housing | bed day | 2 | 70 | 30 | 6 | 91 | 0 |
| Hostel / shelter | bed day | 1 | 81 | – | 5 | 91 | 0 |
| Hospital inpatient | |||||||
| Inpatient | bed day | 39 | 90 | 8 | 41 | 90 | 2 |
| Hospital outpatient | |||||||
| Psychiatric outpatient | visit | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – |
| Non-psychiatric / general / medical outpatient | visit | 7 | 1 | <1 | 10 | 2 | 2 |
| Diabetes clinic | visit | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| Blood tests | visit | 63 | 2 | 2 | 56 | 3 | 1 |
| Psychiatric day hospital | visit | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | – | – |
| Non-psychiatric / general / medical day hospital | visit | 1 | 2 | – | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Day surgery centre | visit | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| A&E department | visit | 15 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 1 |
| X-ray | visit | 10 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 1 |
| Substance misuse clinic | visit | 2 | 24 | 17 | 1 | 1 | – |
| Dietetics | visit | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Community based day services | |||||||
| Community based services | visit | 57 | 20 | 19 | 50 | 26 | 25 |
| Community based professionals | |||||||
| Care coordinator | surgery visit | 78 | 5 | 6 | 70 | 4 | 4 |
| Care coordinator | home visit | 59 | 5 | 3 | 52 | 4 | 3 |
| Care coordinator | phone call | 28 | 5 | 6 | 26 | 5 | 5 |
| Home treatment team | surgery visit | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | – |
| Home treatment team | home visit | 7 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 13 |
| Crisis resolution team | surgery visit | 1 | 1 | – | 0 | – | – |
| Crisis resolution team | home visit | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | – |
| Early intervention team | surgery visit | 1 | 36 | – | 0 | – | – |
| Community psychiatric nurse | surgery visit | 6 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 4 | 2 |
| Community psychiatric nurse | home visit | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Community psychiatric nurse | phone call | 3 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| Social worker | surgery visit | 2 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| Social worker | home visit | 0 | – | – | 2 | 7 | 7 |
| Social worker | phone call | 0 | – | – | 1 | 5 | – |
| Psychiatrist | surgery visit | 65 | 1 | 1 | 60 | 1 | 1 |
| Psychiatrist | home visit | 3 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 |
| Psychologist | surgery visit | 14 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 5 |
| Psychologist | home visit | 1 | 10 | – | 0 | – | – |
| Psychotherapist | surgery visit | 2 | 10 | 3 | 0 | – | – |
| Psychotherapist | home visit | 0 | – | – | 1 | 1 | – |
| Counsellor | surgery visit | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | – |
| GP | surgery visit | 81 | 3 | 2 | 83 | 2 | 1 |
| GP | home visit | 1 | 1 | – | 0 | – | – |
| GP | phone call | 1 | 2 | – | 1 | 4 | – |
| Blood test at GP | surgery visit | 26 | 2 | 5 | 27 | 1 | 1 |
| Diabetes nurse | surgery visit | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Diabetes nurse | home visit | 1 | 1 | – | 0 | – | – |
| Practice nurse | surgery visit | 16 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 2 | 1 |
| Practice nurse | phone call | 1 | 1 | – | 0 | – | – |
| District nurse | surgery visit | 3 | 21 | 34 | 2 | 46 | 62 |
| District nurse | home visit | 1 | 24 | – | 0 | – | – |
| Occupational therapist | surgery visit | 4 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
| Occupational therapist | home visit | 2 | 13 | 16 | 3 | 12 | 0 |
| Occupational therapist | phone call | 1 | 3 | – | 0 | – | – |
| Dietician | surgery visit | 1 | 1 | – | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| Dietician | home visit | 0 | – | – | 1 | 12 | – |
| Home help | home visit | 12 | 38 | 52 | 4 | 39 | 37 |
| Meals on wheels | home visit | 4 | 47 | 33 | 1 | 15 | – |
| Pharmacist for advice | surgery visit | 6 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 4 |
| Pharmacist for advice | phone call | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – |
| NHS direct | phone call | 2 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 5 |
| Samaritans | phone call | 4 | 36 | 39 | 4 | 15 | 21 |
| Medication | 149 | 145 | |||||
