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Table 2 Mean resource use per episode per participant

From: Measuring the financial burden of acute cough in pre-school children: a cost of illness study

Item of resource use

Mean (sd)

Primary Care

 

GP consultations

1.09 (0.48)

Nurse consultations

0.06 (0.23)

Telephone consultations

0.02 (0.13)

Home visits

0.01 (0.09)

Walk-in Centre visits

0.02 (0.13)

Secondary Care

 

A & E visits

0.01 (0.09)

Out-patients appointments

0.01 (0.09)

Prescriptions

0.58 (0.69)

Parental resource use

 

Primary care journeys

0.61 (0.62)

Secondary care journeys

0.02 (0.13)

Over-the-counter medication

0.43 (0.78)

Days off work

0.64 (1.71)