Cost-consequence and cost-effectiveness analyses
| Costs/Consequences | Faster increments (n=1224) | Slower increments (n=1246) |
| Total costs of health service use for 2 years | 134 538 408 | £136 623 900 |
| Costs of initial hospital care | £124 386 552 | £126 923 790 |
| Costs from initial discharge from hospital up to 24 months corrected age | £10 151 856 | £9 698 864 |
| Survival at hospital discharge | 1332/1394 (95.57%) | 1337/1399 (95.23%) |
| Death before discharge home | 60/1392 (4.3%) | 65/1393 (4.7%) |
| Survival without moderate or severe neurodevelopmental disability at 24 months | 802/1224 (65.5%) | 848/1246 (68.1%) |
| Survival (at 24 months, corrected age) | 1326/1394 (95.1%) | 1322/1399 (94.5%) |
| Moderate to severe neurodevelopmental disability | 473/1394 (33.9%) | 405/1399 (28.9%) |
| Neonatal late onset invasive infection (LOII) | 414/1389 (29.8%) | 434/1397 (31.1%) |
| NEC | 70/1394 (5.0%) | 78/1399 (5.6%) |
Disability was defined as moderate/severe in any of the following categories any of: moderate/severe visual impairment, moderate/severe hearing impairment, moderate/severe gross motor impairment or moderate/severe cognitive impairment.
NEC, necrotising enterocolitis.