NHS summary costs.

NB: Summary of mean total NHS financial cost per patient (in time specified) and mean total financial cost to patient (in time specified). *P<0.001. Average difference in NHS cost per patient per year is £89.06 range £+47.50 to −150.75 in favour of the intervention. Average difference in Patient cost per year is £5.21 range £3.50–6.91 in favour of the intervention. NB. Koinberg (2009) costs originally published in Euros, converted to Sterling using Jan 2006 exchange rates (0.688 Euros to the pound) (http://www.x-rates.com/cgi-bin/hlookup.cgi).