Table 1 Unit costs used to value TARN resource use data
Resource | Unit Cost UK £ 2012 to 2013 | Source |
|---|---|---|
ED, theatre, and ward stays | ||
Ambulance transfer to hospital | £230.00 | NHS Reference Costs 2012 to 2013 - code ASS02 [15] |
Helicopter transfer to hospital | £1,844.00 | http://www.yorkshireairambulance.org.uk/files/file/content/YAAreportaccounts_endmarch2012.pdf |
ED attendance | £319.00 | NHS Reference Costs 2012 to 2013 - weighted average code VB01Z (AE worksheet) [15] |
A&E Consultant contact | £121.00 | NHS Reference Costs 2012 to 2013 - code 180 (Total Outpatient Attendances worksheet) [15] |
Trauma team (per hour) | £477.54 | Expert opinion on staffing/Unit Costs of Health and Social Care 2013, PSSRU [17] |
Theatre time (per hour) | £881.00 | ISD Scotland Theatre 2013 - Costs - Detailed Tables (Theatres). Sheet R142X, A&E [26] |
Intensive care bed day | £619.00 | NHS Reference Costs 2012 to 2013 - code XC07Z (CC worksheet) [15] |
Non-intensive care bed day | £236.00 | NHS Reference Costs 2012 to 2013 - weighted average code HA96Z (NEI_L_XS worksheet) [15] |
Incremental daily cost of ventilation | £861.84 | Dasta et al. 2005 inflated using Unit Costs of Health and Social Care 2013, PSSRU [16, 17] |
Haematology and clotting tests | ||
Full blood count | £3.38 | Finance Department, TARN participating hospital |
Fibrinogen | £4.85 | Finance Department, TARN participating hospital |
APTT | £3.38 | Finance Department, TARN participating hospital |
PT | £3.38 | Finance Department, TARN participating hospital |
INR | £3.38 | Finance Department, TARN participating hospital |
APTTR | £3.38 | Finance Department, TARN participating hospital |
Imaging investigations | ||
CT scan | £67.57 | NHS Reference Costs 2012 to 2013 - codes RA08A, RA09A, RA10Z-RA14Z (service code 110) (DIAGIM worksheet) [15] |
X-ray | £40.00 | Finance Department, TARN participating hospital |
Ultrasound | £60.95 | NHS Reference Costs 2012 to 2013 - codes RA23Z, RA24Z, RA26Z (service code 110) (DIAGIM worksheet) [15] |
MRI | £78.73 | NHS Reference Costs 2012 to 2013 - codes RA01A, RA04Z (service code 110) (DIAGIM worksheet) [15] |
Blood components (per unit) | ||
PRBCs | £123.31 | NHS Blood and Transplant Price List 2012 to 2013 |
FFP | £27.46 | NHS Blood and Transplant Price List 2012 to 2013 |
Platelets | £209.30 | NHS Blood and Transplant Price List 2012 to 2013 |
Cryoprecipitate | £189.19 | NHS Blood and Transplant Price List 2012 to 2013 |
Beriplex | £200.00 | Finance Department, TARN participating hospital |
Transfusion laboratory issue cost | £2.00 | Details available from the authors upon request |
Fluids (500 mL) | ||
Dextrose | £1.07 | Finance Department, TARN participating hospital |
Colloids | £2.64 | Finance Department, TARN participating hospital |
Crystalloids | £0.71 | Finance Department, TARN participating hospital |
Polygelatine | £2.14 | World Health Organisation Technical Report [27] |
Starch | £8.00 | Finance Department, TARN participating hospital |
Hypertonic saline | £3.56 | Finance Department, TARN participating hospital |
Albumin | £35.00 | Finance Department, TARN participating hospital |
Hartmann’s | £0.89 | Finance Department, TARN participating hospital |
Consultant contacts | ||
Neurologist | £178.00 | NHS Reference Costs 2012 to 2013 - code 400 [15] |
Cardiologist | £143.00 | NHS Reference Costs 2012 to 2013 - code 320 [15] |
General surgeon | £133.00 | NHS Reference Costs 2012 to 2013 - code 100 [15] |
Pro-coagulants | ||
Factor VIIa | £994.94 | Finance Department, TARN participating hospital |
Vitamin K | £0.38 | British National Formulary 2012 [28] |
Post-hospital discharge | ||
Rehabilitation (per episode) | £2,758.00 | Unit Costs of Health and Social Care 2013, PSSRU, Section 1.6 [17] |
Nursing home (per day) | £143.14 | Unit Costs of Health and Social Care 2013, PSSRU, Section 1.3 [17] |
Re-admissions to original hospital | ||
Intensive care bed day | £619.00 | NHS Reference Costs 2012 to 2013 - code XC07Z (CC worksheet) [15] |
Non-intensive care bed day | £236.00 | NHS Reference Costs 2012 to 2013 - weighted average code HA96Z (NEI_L_XS worksheet) [15] |