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Table 7 Wider health care, criminal justice and societal costs (2014/5 prices) mean cost (s.d.) per patient

From: The acceptability and feasibility of a brief psychosocial intervention to reduce blood-borne virus risk behaviours among people who inject drugs: a randomised control feasibility trial of a psychosocial intervention (the PROTECT study) versus treatment as usual

 

Baseline

End of intervention

1 month post-intervention

Intervention

Control

Intervention

Control

Intervention

Control

Total wider health care Cost

£1109

(1696.14)

£1257

(2177.61)

£705

(673.39)

£997

(786.04)

£662

(682.47)

£1466

(2885.66)

 Difference between groups

£148

95% CI: (−657.94, 954.54)

£292

95% CI: (−137.81, 721.34)

£804

95% CI: (−611.92, 2220.61)

Total criminal justice cost

£1239

(2581.51)

£1284

(3953.47)

£439

(2060.80)

£289

(1348.13)

£236

(1053.86)

£521

(1465.97)

 Difference between groups

£45

95% CI: (−1344.95, 1434.14)

−£151

95% CI: (−1191.45, 890.34)

£285

95% CI: (−520.06, 1091.05)

Total social cost

£2489

(3397.65)

£2494

(4498.24)

£1194

(2178.38)

£1328

(1563.11)

£908

(1279.79)

£1909

(3077.46)

 Difference between groups

£5

95% CI: (−2107.85, 2117.58)

£134

95% CI: (−1034.59, 1303.28)

£1001

95% CI: (−662.53, 2665.44)