Costs of coronary heart disease in the UK in 2004
| Type of resource used | Unit of measurement | Units of resources consumed | Average unit cost (£) | Total cost (million £s) | Source (reference number) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *Future earnings discounted at 3.5%. | |||||
| Healthcare cost | |||||
| Primary care | Doctor consultations at clinic | 2173876 | 28.00 | 60.87 | 4, 15, 17 |
| Doctor consultations at home | 505052 | 65.00 | 32.83 | 4, 15, 17 | |
| Nurse consultations at clinic | 50456 | 9.00 | 0.45 | 4, 15, 17 | |
| Nurse consultations at home | 30136 | 16.00 | 0.48 | 4, 15, 17 | |
| Accident and emergency | Attendances | 208302 | 82.00 | 17.08 | 12, 18 |
| Hospital outpatient care | Attendances | 501902 | 111.88 | 56.15 | 9, 10, 16 |
| Hospital inpatient care | Inpatient bed days | 3931313 | 617.09 | 2425.96 | 11, 16 |
| Hospital day case | Day cases | 70120 | 412.14 | 28.90 | 12, 18 |
| Drugs | Prescriptions | 49782509 | 10.72 | 533.83 | 6, 14 |
| Dispensing | 49782509 | 1.53 | 76.19 | 19 | |
| Cardiac rehabilitation | Rehabilitation programmes completed | 150218 | 627.57 | 94.27 | 6, 8 |
| Community health/social services | 132.59 | 5 | |||
| Healthcare cost adjusted for private care | Private funded part of total health expenditure | 399.40 | 11 | ||
| Healthcare subtotal | 3859.00 | ||||
| Non-healthcare cost | |||||
| Informal care | Caring by economically active carers (hours) | 79504636 | 12.75 | 1013.68 | 17, 20, 21, 22, 23 |
| Caring by economically inactive carers (hours) | 49941723 | 4.85 | 242.22 | 17, 20, 21, 22, 23 | |
| Mortality | Working years lost (men) | 120278 | 30 131 | 2139.66* | 1, 17 |
| Working years lost (women) | 15710 | 21 730 | 192.16* | 1, 17 | |
| Morbidity | Certified incapacity (days) | 26076510 | 100.98 | 2633.21 | 17, 25 |
| Morbidity (friction adjusted) | 1021.50 | ||||
| Non-health subtotal | 6220.93 | ||||
| Friction adjusted | 4609.22 | ||||
| Total economic burden | 10079.93 | ||||
| Friction adjusted | 8468.23 | ||||