Costs of cerebrovascular diseases 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 | 406801 | 28.00 | 11.39 | 4, 15, 17 |
| Doctor consultations at home | 441851 | 65.00 | 28.72 | 4, 15, 17 | |
| Nurse consultations at clinic | 17147 | 9.00 | 0.15 | 4, 15, 17 | |
| Nurse consultations at home | 3654 | 16.00 | 0.06 | 4, 15, 17 | |
| Accident and emergency | Attendances | 95101 | 82.00 | 7.80 | 12, 18 |
| Hospital outpatient care | Attendances | 187249 | 111.88 | 20.95 | 9, 10, 16 |
| Hospital inpatient care | Inpatient bed days | 5674386 | 617.09 | 3501.59 | 11, 16 |
| Hospital day case | Day cases | 1504 | 402.65 | 0.61 | 12, 18 |
| Drugs | Prescriptions | 8071555 | 10.72 | 86.55 | 6, 14 |
| Dispensing | 8071555 | 1.53 | 12.35 | 19 | |
| Cardiac rehabilitation | Rehabilitation programmes completed | 73381 | 627.57 | 46.05 | 8, 13 |
| Community health/social services | 981.51 | 5 | |||
| Healthcare cost adjusted for private care | Private funded part of total health expenditure | 531.75 | 11 | ||
| Healthcare cost subtotal | 5229.48 | ||||
| Non-healthcare cost | |||||
| Informal care | Caring by economically active carers (hours) | 110392300 | 12.75 | 1407.50 | 17, 20, 21, 22, 23 |
| Caring by economically inactive carers (hours) | 69344153 | 4.85 | 336.32 | 17, 20, 21, 22, 23 | |
| Mortality | Working years lost (men) | 28932 | 30 131 | 492.70* | 1, 17 |
| Working years lost (women) | 15611 | 21 730 | 179.85* | 1, 17 | |
| Morbidity | Certified incapacity (days) | 9028107 | 100.98 | 911.66 | 17, 25 |
| Morbidity (friction adjusted) | 353.66 | ||||
| Non-health subtotal | 3328.03 | ||||
| Friction adjusted | 2770.03 | ||||
| Total economic burden | 8557.51 | ||||
| Friction adjusted | 7999.51 | ||||