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Table 10 Quantitative financial outcomes (studies included in review where data provided)

From: A systematic review of the health, social and financial impacts of welfare rights advice delivered in healthcare settings

Authors (date)

Number of clients seen

Total lump sum/one off payments gained

Mean lump sum/one off payments per client seen

Recurring benefits gained (per year)

Mean recurring benefits (per year) per client seen

Bennett (1997)[82]

49

£28 121.00

£573.898

£41 860.00

£854.29

Bundy (2002)[87]

561

£183 147.00

£326.47

£762 042.00

£1358.36

Bundy (2003)[88]

818

£261 231.00

£319.35

£474 587.00

£580.18

Coppell et al (1999)[43]

270

£15 863.00

£58.75

£28 028.00

£103.81

Cornwallis & O;Neill (1997)[65]

102

£66 785.00

£654.75

not reported

not reported

Derbyshire CC WRS (1997)[89]

428

£73 643.07

£172.06

£527 352.90

£1232.13

Derbyshire CC WRS (1998a)[22]

480

£117 405.20

£244.59

£573 995.20

£1195.82

Derbyshire CC WRS (1998b)[22]

290

£56 967.87

£196.44

£374 630.40

£1291.83

Frost-Gaskin et al (2003)[66]

153

£60 323.34

£394.27

£281 805.80

£1841.87

Greasley (2003)[95] & Greasley and Small (2005)[96]

2484

£431 198.00

£173.59

£1 940 543.00

£781.22

Griffiths (1992)[97]

157

£32 708.00

£208.33

£87 131.20

£554.98

Hastie (2003)[98]

492

£39 688.00

£80.67

£173 108.00

£351.85

High Peak CAB (1995)[99]

39

not reported

not reported

£38 646.40

£990.93

High Peak CAB (2001)[100]

236

£9 069.74

£38.43

£24 934.52

£105.65

High Peak CAB (2003)[101]

156

£4765.63

£30.55

£60 201.96

£385.91

Hoskins et al (in press)[102]

630

£119 515.44

£189.71

£1 016 908.70

£1 614.14

Memel & Gubbay (1999)[57]

46

not reported

not reported

£73 872.00

£1605.91

Memel et al (2002)[24]

19

not reported

not reported

£38 725.00

£2038.16

Middlesbrough WR (1999)[107]

272

not reported

not reported

£473 053.00

£1739.17

Middleton et al (1993a)[69]

52

£10 393.00

£199.87

£14 359.00

£276.13

Middleton et al (1993b)[69]

583

£12 559.80

£21.54

£8 373.20

£14.36

Moffatt (2004)[109]

25

£5 766.00

£230.64

£37 442.08

£1497.68

Paris & Player (1993)[71]

150

£3 371.00

£22.47

£54 929.58

£366.20

Reading et al (2002)[72]

23

£4 389.00

£190.83

£6 480.00

£281.74

Southwark CC MAC (1998)[114]

621

£160 593.00

£258.60

£390 500.00

£628.82

Vaccarello (2004)[115]

206

£11 433.00

£55.50

£137 819.00

£669.02

Veitch (1995)[21] – mental health

35

£16 122.90

£460.65

£25 581.40

£730.90

Veitch (1995)[21] – GP

37

£28 783.69

£777.94

£74 025.64

£2000.69

Widdowfield & Rickard (1996)[116]

106

not reported

not reported

£183 790.20

£1733.87

Totals

 

£1 753 843 and 9038 clients, mean = £194 per client

£7 864 910 and 9418 clients, mean = £832 per year per client

  1. CAB = Citizen's Advice Bureau