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Table 1 Unit costs of health care services

From: Cost-effectiveness of supported self-management for CFS/ME patients in primary care

Description

Mean £

SD £

Source

Cost per elective bed day

290

100

Mean cost per elective bed day 2007/8 across all specialities* [15]

Cardiac Intensive Care Unit

1226

217

Mean cost per day 2007/8* [15]

Outpatient

109

63

Mean cost per visit 2007/8 excluding haemotology, cancer multidisciplinary teams, cystic fybrosis, HIV, transplant and paediatrics* [15]

Day case procedure

854

1403

Mean cost per day case procedure 2007/08* [15]

A&E

163

105

Mean cost 2007/08 of A&E attendances [15]

Day care session (am or pm) for people with mental health problems

21

 

PSSRU [16]

Physiotherapist

53

 

NHS Reference costs 2007/8* [15]

Occupational Therapist

62

 

NHS Reference costs 2007/8* [15]

District Nurse

38

 

PSSRU [16]

General practitioner

35

 

PSSRU [16]

Practice nurse

11

 

PSSRU [16]

Phlebotomy

223

 

Mean cost vascular surgery outpatient multiprofessional face to face 2007/8* [15]

GP home visit

117

 

PSSRU [16], 23.4 min consultation including travel

Nurse specialist (community)

89

 

PSSRU [16], per hour of contact time

Travel

1.4

 

PSSRU [16], per visit

Medication

various

 

BNF (58) 2009 [10]

Home help (used to estímate opportunity cost of informal care)

14

 

PSSRU [16] (Community care package low cost, prívate home care), per hour

Private expenditures

Various

 

Valued by patient in questionnaires

Lost income from work

Various

 

Valued by patient in questionnaires

  1. _* updated to 2008/2009 prices by NHS pay and prices inflation factor (PSSRU).