Table 1

Key unit costs data

Item of resource use Unit cost (1998)
Inpatient hospitalisation/bed day1-a
 Respiratory medicine£208
 General medicine£149
Hospitalisation without overnight stay1-a
 All ward types £76
Outpatient appointment1-a
 Respiratory medicine £70
 General medicine £70
Tests and investigations1-a
 Bronchoscopy£313
 Pulmonary function test £23
 Chest x ray £14
 Ultrasound £71
 CT scan£166
 GFR-EDTA £71
 Cytology £20.78
Radiotherapy1-a
 Cost per fraction £56.48
Chemotherapy1-b
 Etoposide/mg  £0.11
 Cyclophosphamide/g  £5.04
 Carboplatin/mg  £0.44
 MgSO4/g  £4.18
 Cisplatin/mg  £0.59
 Vincristine/mg £14.18
 Doxorubicin/mg  £1.87

  • Sources:

  • ↵1-a Newcastle Hospitals Trust Finance Department;

  • ↵1-b British National Formulary 1998–9 costs.