Comparisons of Costs between Black Caribbean and White British Patients with Advanced Multiple Sclerosis in the UK
Table 2
Service use and associated cost (£) per 6 months for Black Caribbean and White British groups.
Service
Number of (%) patients using service
Mean (SD) for contacts of the service
Mean (SD) cost (
£) for users of specific services only
Mean (SD) cost (£) for 43 Black Caribbean and 43 WB patients
Black Caribbean
White British
Black Caribbean
White British
Black Caribbean
White British
Black Caribbean
White British
Neurology outpatient1
28 (65.1)
29 (67.4)
3 (3.7)
2 (1.1)
461 (616)
231 (187)
289 (535)
145 (186)
Other outpatient use
18 (41.9)
20 (46.5)
3 (2.4)
5 (11.3)
443 (718)
498 (1045)
186 (508)
230 (746)
Nursing/residential home or Hospice
1 (2.3)
1 (2.3)
7 (0)
7 (0)
1059 (0)
1059 (0)
25 (161)
25 (161)
Inpatient services2
4 (9.3)
2 (4.7)
14 (9.4)
9 (8.5)
5308 (3529)
3878 (3695)
505 (1843)
180 (1004)
Neurologist
4 (9.3)
0
1.3 (0.5)
0
63 (35)
0
6 (21)
0
General practitioner
31 (72.1)
34 (79.1)
4.2 (6.1)
2.8 (2.4)
157 (211)
101 (115)
113 (192)
85 (111)
Other doctor
2 (4.7)
1 (2.3)
3.5 (3.5)
10
253 (215)
1310
12 (63)
30 (197)
Allied health professionals3
30 (70.0)
27 (62.8)
11 (14.0)
16 (10)
352 (472)
471 (746)
264 (435)
296 (630)
District nursing and primary care
31 (72.0)
31 (72.1)
3 (2.5)
9 (22.2)
106 (84.8)
164 (318)
76 (86)
118 (279)
Investigations4
26 (60.5)
24 (55.8)
4 (3.9)
29 (1.0)
168 (239)
89 (148)
102 (202)
50 (118)
Formal Home help
18 (41.9)
15 (34.9)
203.7 (207.2)
197.7 (214.4)
7435 (8154)
4957 (4268)
3112 (6378)
1960 (3546)
Informal Care5
40 (93.0)
39 (90.7)
36 (59.8)
51 (83.1)
18477 (29231)
24715 (40262)
17188 (28567)
22415 (38979)
Medication
—
—
—
—
—
—
1338 (953)
273 (3060)
Neurology outpatient (neurology outpatient & Day hospital neurology).
2Inpatient services (neurology inpatient, intensive care, urology, cardiology, and other inpatient).
3Allied health professionals (speech and language therapy, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, social work, and dietician).
4Investigations (MRI, CT scans, respiratory function tests, blood tests, and other investigations).
5Informal care (personal care support, help with medication, help inside home, help outside home, time on call, and other).
