Item | Value (2006 CAN$) | Unit | Reference |
Telephone to MD/healthcare professional | 14.6 | Per call | MSP28 |
Urgent respiratory care visit in home | 67.4 | Per visit | MSP28 |
Urgent MD visit | 85.1 | Per visit | MSP28 |
Urgent ED visit | 255.8 | Per visit | Chapman27 |
Hospitalisation | 593.2 | Per day | VGH fully allocated cost model |
ICU admission | 2337.5 | Per day | VGH fully allocated cost model |
Tiotropium 18 μg | 2.25 | Per capsule | Pharmanet Drug Master List26 |
Salmeterol 25 μg | 0.44 | Per puff | Pharmanet Drug Master List26 |
Fluticasone/salmeterol 250/25 μg | 1.16 | Per puff | Pharmanet Drug Master List26 |
Costs of more than 40 different medications administered during exacerbations were all taken from the British Columbia Pharmanet database.26
ED, emergency department; ICU, intensive care unit; VGH, Vancouver General Hospital.