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Table 1 Source and value of unit costs

From: Measuring the financial burden of acute cough in pre-school children: a cost of illness study

 

£

Source

Details

GP at surgery

21.00

Curtis and Netten 2006 [7]

Includes direct care staff costs but excludes cost of training

Nurse at surgery

8.00

Curtis and Netten 2006 [7]

 

GP telephone consultation

23.00

Curtis and Netten 2006 [7]

Includes direct care staff costs but excludes cost of training

GP home visit

60.00

Curtis and Netten 2006 [7]

Includes direct care staff costs but excludes cost of training

Walk-in centre (WiC) with a nurse

28.91

WiC evaluation [8]

Mean of shop front & GP based, inflated to 2006

A & E visit

70.62

NHS Tariff [9]

A & E weighted average of referred/discharged using 2004 volume proportions

Out-patient appointment

19.85

NHS Tariff [9]

Band A x-ray cost in 2004 inflated

Prescribed medication

 

British National Formulary [10]

 

Mileage

0.49

The AA [11]

Mean of mid-price car; 10,000 – 15,000 miles pa; petrol & diesel