Table 1

Summary of the preliminary sample sizes

Patient costs


Cost of accessing PACAM

100 exit interviews

Cost of accessing the exercise programme

100 exit interviews

Cost of hospitalised pneumonia

10 telephone interviews

Cost of ambulatory pneumonia

25 telephone interviews

Cost of ambulatory pneumonia

25 telephone interviews

Provider costs

Cost of hospitalised pneumonia

10 medical records

Cost of ambulatory pneumonia

25 medical records

Cost of ambulatory ARI

25 medical records


Walker et al. BMC Health Services Research 2009 9:85   doi:10.1186/1472-6963-9-85

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