Nurse-led advance care planning with older people who have end-stage kidney disease: feasibility of a deferred entry randomised controlled trial incorporating an economic evaluation and mixed methods process evaluation (ACReDiT)

Table 6 Health system resource use and costs

Resource use category	Immediate (n = 13)		Deferred (n = 13)		Difference in resource use		Immediate £ (n = 13)		Deferred £ (n = 13)		Difference in costs£
Resource use category	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	95%CI	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	95%CI
Hospital admissions (length of stay)	10.46	14.05	9.08	10.37	1.38	−8.61 to 11.38	16,769	22,514	14,550	16,626	2219	−13,801 to 18,240
GP practice or GP out of hours service	2.69	4.33	3.92	4.50	−1.23	−4.80 to 2.34	24.47	54.22	36.37	48.29	−11.91	−53.47 to 29.66
Formal home care	13.08	39.89	6.46	11.02	6.62	−17.07 to 30.30	87.54	238.6	118	244.5	−30.46	− 226 to 165.10
Residential services	0	0	0.23	0.6	−0.23	−0.59 to 0.13	0	0	41.25	102.56	–	–
Total							16,881	22,586	14,742	16,639	2139	−13,919 to 18,198

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