Liver transplant | 46 289 | National Specialist Commissioning Advisory Group |
Routine pathology testing (LFT, FBC, U&E, clotting, urinalysis) | 25.09 | Ninewells Hospital costings unit |
Thyroid function test | 8.00 | Ninewells Hospital costings unit |
Serum HCG | 9.80 | Ninewells Hospital costings unit |
Liver ultrasound | 29.72 | Average of estimates from survey of small sample of NHS trusts undertaken for this study |
Chest x ray | 13.86 | Average of estimates from survey of small sample of NHS trusts undertaken for this study |
Liver biopsy | 449.00 | ECR cost for investigation of HCV disease (Southampton University Hospitals Trust) |
Outpatient attendence | 81.00 | ECR cost of outpatient attendence for HCV disease (Southampton University Hospitals Trust) |
Psychiatric assessment | 97.57 | From 1998 national pay scales (assuming 50% client contact time and one hour for assessment). |
Treatment costs | | |
IFN-α per mU | 5.40 | Schering Plough |
Ribavirin, per pill | 3.53 | |
Fundal photography | 20.00 | University of Bristol Hospitals Trust (the only trust in the survey able to make an estimate) |
Inpatient palliative care | 2544 | ECR price for admission to palliative care (medium complexity case) at Southampton University Hospitals Trust |