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Table 1 Use and cost of services and lost employment during previous 3 months

From: Service use and costs for people with headache: a UK primary care study

 

Non-referred patients

Referred patients

All patients

 

N (%)

patients

Mean (SD)

contacts/days

Mean (SD)

cost

N (%)

patients

Mean (SD)

contacts/days

Mean (SD)

cost

N (%)

patients

Mean (SD)

contacts/days

Mean (SD)

cost

Weighted

mean cost

GP contacts for all reasons

209 (82)

1.9 (1.6)

36 (31)

37 (79)

2.5 (3.0)

48 (57)

246 (82)

2.0 (1.9)

38 (37)

36

GP contacts for headache

81 (32)

0.5 (0.9)

9 (16)

21 (45)

0.9 (1.5)

17 (29)

102 (34)

0.5 (1.0)

10 (19)

9

Neurologist contacts

10 (4)

0.05 (0.3)

8 (41)

12 (25)

0.3 (0.6)

43 (86)

22 (7)

0.1 (0.4)

13 (52)

9

Other professionals

40 (16)

0.7 (2.2)

21 (75)

9 (19)

0.4 (1.0)

20 (55)

49 (16)

0.6 (2.0)

21 (72)

21

Medication

190 (75)

31 (89)

40 (83)

24 (56)

230 (76)

30 (84)

31

MRI for all reasons

13 (5)

0.05 (0.22)

16 (70)

7 (16)

0.16 (0.37)

48 (114)

20 (7)

0.07 (0.25)

21 (79)

17

MRI for headache

11 (4)

0.04 (0.21)

14 (64)

7 (16)

0.16 (0.37)

48 (114)

18 (6)

0.06 (0.24)

19 (75)

15

CT for all reasons

6 (2)

0.02 (0.15)

2 (16)

10 (22)

0.22 (0.42)

23 (43)

16 (6)

0.06 (0.23)

6 (23)

2

CT for headache

4 (2)

0.02 (0.13)

2 (13)

8 (18)

0.18 (0.39)

18 (39)

12 (4)

0.04 (0.20)

4 (20)

2

Lost employment (full days)

88 (38)

2.2 (6.7)

269 (1030)

15 (36)

2.8 (8.6)

211 (604)

103 (36)

2.3 (7.0)

261 (978)

268

Lost employment (part days)

90 (37)

3.5 (9.4)

200 (679)

20 (48)

5.1 (7.5)

312 (523)

110 (39)

3.8 (9.1)

217 (659)

202

Total service cost

237 (97)

115 (163)

43 (98)

197 (174)

280 (97)

128 (167)

117

Total cost

240 (99.6)

579 (1405)

41 (100)

729 (967)

281 (99.6)

601 (1349)

582

  1. Costs in 2003/4 £s