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Table 2 Mean NHS and social care costs over 12 months, per patient (2014/15 costs)

From: Lee Silverman Voice Treatment versus standard speech and language therapy versus control in Parkinson’s disease: preliminary cost-consequence analysis of the PD COMM pilot randomised controlled trial

Type of resource

Mean (SD)

LSVT® LOUD

(n = 24)

£

NHS SLT

(n = 24)

£

Control

(n = 28)

£

Speech and language therapist (SLT)

 Set-up costs

18.6

 SLT trial sessions

940 (340)

343 (232)

 SLT travel

104 (265)

13 (64)

 Additional SLT sessions

51 (147)

57 (123)

325 (389)

Sub-total

1113 (496)

413 (247)

325 (389)

Medication

883 (691)

616 (646)

577 (598)

Primary care and community nursing services

 GP surgery

165 (172)

166 (135)

143 (141)

 GP home

57 (236)

68 (160)

17 (48)

 Practice nurse

56 (54)

42 (59)

43 (58)

 Practice nurse home

6 (20)

7 (19)

5 (22)

 Parkinson’s disease nurse specialist

106 (87)

70 (76)

111 (58)

 Health visitor

15 (34)

4 (15)

4 (14)

Sub-total

405 (357)

358 (196)

323 (192)

Therapists and other healthcare professionals

 Social worker

16 (52)

10 (35)

0 (0)

 Physiotherapist

84 (144)

85 (171)

62 (82)

 Occupational therapist

31 (62)

22 (62)

13 (37)

 Other including home care

281 (1301)

53 (149)

16 (77)

Sub-total

412 (1289)

170 (270)

91 (122)

Outpatient appointments

 PD medical appointments

266 (231)

216 (222)

135 (139)

 PD other appointments

30 (87)

34 (89)

76 (168)

 Other appointments

197 (189)

235 (234)

211 (295)

Sub-total

492 (338)

486 (247)

422 (435)

 Social care services

26 (98)

137 (614)

0.4 (2)

 Residential care (/week)

0 (0)

4810 (16,296)

0 (0)