Table 1

Estimated cost for episodes of care by gender, GPs, GUM clinics and hospitals*

nMales £ (95%CI)Females £ (95% CI)Per episode (£) (95% CI)Total (£, in millions) (95% CI)
GP only700079 (75 to 83)79 (76 to 82)79 (77 to 82)0.55 (0.54 to 0.57)
 New episodes300076 (72 to 77)77 (73 to 81)76 (73 to 79)0.23 (0.22 to 0.24)
 Recurrent episodes400084 (77 to 90)83 (78 to 88)83 (79 to 88)0.33 (0.32 to 0.35)
GP →GUM33 000119 (107 to 130)154 (139 to 169)138 (127 to 148)4.54 (4.18 to 4.89)
 New cases30 000118 (106 to 130)153 (138 to 168)132 (123 to 142)3.97 (3.69 to 4.26)
 Recurrent cases3000124 (112 to 136)161 (146 to 176)157 (128 to 185)0.47 (0.39 to 0.55)
GUM only109 00080 (67 to 92)109 (94 to 124)94 (84 to 104)10.25 (9.12 to 11.38)
 New cases48 00069 (61 to 77)111 (97 to 124)90 (81 to 98)4.30 (3.89 to 4.72)
 Recurrent cases61 000108 (70 to 146)105 (65 to 144)107 (79 to 134)6.51 (4.81 to 8.20)
Total GP and GUM149 000n/cn/cn/c15.34 (14.16 to 16.52)
 New episodes81 0008.51 (8.00 to 9.01)
 Recurrent episodes68 0007.31 (5.62 to 9.00)
Hospital—any1978724 (551 to 898)714 (508 to 920)718 (531 to 904)1.42 (0.98 to 1.72)
Total of all settings149 00097 (87 to 107)129 (117 to 140)113 (104 to 121)16.76 (15.53 to 18.00)
  • * All figures have been rounded to the nearest 1000 and the total may not equal the sum of component costs.

  • Source of GUM clinic episode costs: S C Woodhall, personal communication.

  • Not calculated.

  • GP, general practice; GUM, genitourinary medicine; n/c, not calculated.