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Table 1 Unit costs in 2010 prices

From: A structured review and exploration of the healthcare costs associated with stillbirth and a subsequent pregnancy in England and Wales

Resource use

Unit costs in £s in 2009/2010 prices

Source

 

Average

Lower quartile

Upper quartile

 

Pre-conception care

GP visit (clinic consultation lasting 17.2 minutes)

£53

n/a

n/a

22

Physician visit (consultation lasting 25 minutes)

£45

n/a

n/a

22

Consultant led multiprofessional consultation (first attendance)

£179

£153

£205

21

Consultant led multiprofessional consultation (follow-up attendance)

£134

£111

£140

21

Antenatal care

Midwife appointment (lasting 20 minutes)

£23

n/a

n/a

22

Antenatal attendances

Consultant led consultant consultation (first attendance)

£150

398

£183

21

Consultant led consultant consultation (follow-up attendance)

£96

£62

£114

21

Consultant led consultant multiprofessional consultation (follow-up attendance)

£134

£111

£140

21

Consultant led midwife consultation (first attendance)

£77

£51

£86

21

Consultant led midwife consultation (follow-up attendance)

£51

£32

£58

21

Consultant led midwife multiprofessional consultation (first attendance)

£72

£72

£72

21

Consultant led midwife multiprofessional consultation (follow-up attendance)

£51

£51

£51

21

Outpatient procedure: antenatal investigation

£127

£88

£151

21

Antenatal ultrasounds

Non-consultant led antenatal ultrasound (first attendance)

£63

£45

£87

21

Non-consultant led antenatal ultrasound (follow-up attendance)

£52

£40

£58

21

Delivery care (Elective episodes)

Normal delivery with CC

£1,558

£893

£2,037

21

Normal delivery without CC

£1,151

£433

£1,644*

21

Assisted delivery without CC

£1,374

£1,167

£1,872*

21

Planned lower uterine caesarean section

£1,822

£1,276

£1,985

21

Emergency or upper uterine caesarean section

£2,979

£2,915

£3,463

21

  1. *The upper quartile cost was lower than the mean cost for both cases, therefore the mean cost for non-elective was used. The costs for the previous financial year were not in line with these costs.