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Table 1 Unit costs (UK £) of health service contacts

From: Simvastatin for patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome: long-term outcomes and cost-effectiveness from a randomised controlled trial

Resource item

Unit cost (£)

Source

Primary admission

 Intensive care level 1 day

696.12

NHS reference costs 2013–2014 (XC07Z) adult critical care [12]

 Intensive care level 2 day

932.10

NHS reference costs 2013–2014 (XC06Z) adult critical care [12]

 Intensive care level 3 day

1440.64

NHS reference costs 2013–2014 (XC01Z-XC05Z weighted average) adult critical care [12]

 Other intensive care unit day

1228.65

NHS reference costs 2013–2014 (XC01Z-XC07Z weighted average) adult critical care [12]

 High dependency unit day

932.10

NHS reference costs 2013–2014 (XC06Z) adult critical care [12]

 Ward bed day

437.00

NHS reference costs 2013–2014 (VC40Z) rehabilitation for respiratory disorders [12]

 Simvastatin 80 mg tablets 28 tabs/pack

2.02

National Health Service England and Wales (2014) NHS electronic drug tariff (online; accessed 24 June 2015) [14]

Other hospital services

 Non-specific ward days

483.04

NHS reference costs 2013–2014 (weighted average length of stay and cost of non-elective long stays ) [12]

 Outpatient attendance

109.00

Unit costs of health and social care 2014 p.111 [13]

 Attendance at Accident and Emergency department

233.00

Unit costs of health and social care 2014 p.111 (see and treat and convey) [13]

 Community health services

 GP surgery consultation

46.00

Unit costs of health and social care 2014 p.195 [13]

 GP telephone consultation

28.00

Unit costs of health and social care 2014 p.195 [13]

 GP home consultation

115.00

Unit costs of health and social care 2013 p.191 (inflated using the hospital and community health services index) [24]

 GP out of hours consultation

115.00

Unit costs of health and social care 2013 p.191 (home visit unit cost assumed as above) [24]

 GP nurse surgery consultation

13.70

Unit costs of health and social care 2014 p.192 (per 15.5 min surgery consultation) [13]

 GP nurse telephone consultation

4.85

Unit costs of health and social care 2014 p.192 (per 7.1 min telephone consultation)* [13]

 GP nurse home visit

24.29

Unit costs of health and social care 2014 p.192 (per 15.5 min consultation and 12 min travel assumed*) [13]

 District nurse home visit

39.00

Unit costs of health and social care 2014 p.187 [13]

 Social worker visit

79.00

Unit costs of health and social care 2014 p.206 (per 1 h cost assumed to include travel) [13]

 Physiotherapist visit

51.00

Unit costs of health and social care 2014 p.179 [13]

 Occupational therapist visit

77.00

Unit costs of health and social care 2014 p.180 [13]

 Dietician visit

37.00

Unit costs of health and social care 2014 p.238 [13]

 Nurse specialist visit

74.00

Unit costs of health and social care 2014 p.190 (per 1 h cost assumed to include travel) [13]

 Rapid response/ acute care episode

182.00

Unit costs of health and social care 2013 p.111 (inflated using the hospital and community health services index) [24]

 Psychotherapy/counselling

50.00

Unit costs of health and social care 2014 p.51 [13]

 Day centre

38.00

Unit costs of health and social care 2014 p.38 (per client session) [13]

 Care services

 Home help/care worker

17.00

Unit costs of health and social care 2014 p.210 (per 1 h cost assumed to include travel) [13]

 Delivered meals

6.60

Unit costs of health and social care 2014 p.127 (per meal) [13]

 Nursing home

511.00

Unit costs of health and social care 2014 p.33 (per week) [13]

 Respite

511.00

Nursing home cost assumed as above

 Residential care home

493.00

Unit costs of health and social care 2014 p.34 (weekly) [13]

 Sheltered housing

443.00

Unit costs of health and social care 2014 p.39 (extra care housing for older people, weekly) [13]

  1. *General practitioner (GP) time estimates assumed when not available for GP nurse
  2. NHS National Health Service