From: Outcomes and costs of blunt trauma in England and Wales
Cost component | Unit or duration (min) | Unit cost (£) | Source and notes |
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Mode of arrival at hospital | |||
Ambulance | Cost per minute | 5.50 | Curtis and Netten (p. 112) [16] |
Cost per minute of emergency ambulance service | |||
Helicopter | Mean cost per patient journey | 1,650 | London Air Ambulance website http://www.londonsairambulance.com/ |
Mean cost per mission | |||
Hospital stay | |||
Accident and emergency department | Mean cost per attender | 278 | Department of Health [17] |
Mean cost per attender across all accident and emergency Healthcare Resource Groups | |||
General ward | Mean cost per day | 281 | Department of Health [17] |
Mean national average unit cost per day across all nonelective Healthcare Resource Groups | |||
Critical care unit | Mean cost per day | 1,328 | Department of Health [17] |
Mean cost per day in intensive care unit/intensive therapy unit | |||
Surgical proceduresa | |||
Open reduction and internal fixation | 126 | 1,597 | Trauma Audit Research Network, National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence [18] |
Nail insertion | 168 | 1,861 | |
Wound debridement | 139 | 1,680 | |
Manipulation of bone | 69 | 1,230 | |
Screw insertion | 111 | 1,499 | |
External fixation | 147 | 1,731 | |
Evacuation of extradural haematoma/subdural haematoma | 138 | 1,673 | |
K-wire insertion | 102 | 1,443 | |
Intercranial pressure monitor | 97 | 1,410 | |
Craniotomy | 175 | 1,906 |