Drug costs per disease area
| Mean annual cost per patient (£) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Admission drug cost | Discharge drug cost | Change in cost between admission and discharge | |
| Congestive cardiac failure | |||
| Pre-intervention (6 patients) | 218 | 436 | +218 |
| Intervention (5 patients) | 731 | 799 | +68 |
| Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) | |||
| Pre-intervention (4 patients) | 950 | 1306 | +356 |
| Intervention (3 patients) | 554 | 392 | −162 |
| Stroke | |||
| Pre-intervention (4 patients) | 178 | 1153 | +975 |
| Intervention (3 patients) | 708 | 1381 | +673 |