| Item | Routine data | Routine data plus patient reported data of primary/social care and nursing/residential care | ||||
| Intervention* | Control* | Mean difference† (95% CI of the difference)† | Intervention* | Control* | Mean difference† (95% CI of the difference)† | |
| Mean | Mean | Mean | Mean | |||
| n = 1446 | n = 1408 | n = 496 | n = 442 | |||
| PP | 73 | 0 | +73 (+70 to 76) | 73 | 0 | +73 (+68 to +78) |
| Other responders | 155 | 232 | −77 (−88 to −66) | 146 | 216 | −71 (−90 to −51) |
| ED/MIU attendance | 46 | 78 | −32 (−38 to −26) | 39 | 71 | −32 (−41 to −23) |
| Inpatient stay for same-day admissions | 2696 | 3188 | −490 (−1024 to +44) | 1425 | 1710 | −286 (−851 to +280) |
| Assessments‡ | 8 | 8 | +0 (−2 to +3) | 7 | 10 | −3 (−7 to +2) |
| Subsequent secondary care contacts§ | 44 | 38 | +6 (−1 to +12) | 24 | 29 | −5 (−15 to +5) |
| Subsequent inpatient stays | 944 | 572 | +374 (+103 to +644) | 315 | 551 | −244 (−625 to +136) |
| Subsequent primary and social care costs | – | – | 39 | 38 | +2 (−5 to +9) | |
| Nursing and residential care costs | – | – | – | 35 | 16 | +18 (−7 to +43) |
| Total cost | 3966 | 4116 | −140 (−694 to +415) | 2102 | 2641 | −551 (−1170 to +67) |
*Actual means. †Adjusted estimates using the “xtgee” command in STATA. ‡Hospital and community social care assessment assessments. §Includes ambulance attendances and emergency department (ED) attendances. MIU, minor injuries unit; PP, paramedic practitioner.
*Actual means. †Adjusted estimates using the “xtgee” command in STATA. ‡Hospital and community social care assessment assessments. §Includes ambulance attendances and emergency department (ED) attendances. MIU, minor injuries unit; PP, paramedic practitioner.