Table 1

Healthcare setting attendance for 35 women* diagnosed with pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) during the study period based on questionnaires and review of medical records

	General practice	Genitourinary medicine clinic	Hospital outpatient^†	Hospital inpatient^‡	Other^§
Where first attended for PID	17	15	1	0	2
Total women attending type of site	21	16	5	1	3
Total attendances at healthcare settings	31	27	6	1	4

↵* A further woman was excluded from the detailed cost analysis as she was diagnosed and treated for PID as a hospital outpatient in the USA and no medical records were available.
↵† Including accident and emergency and gynaecology.
↵‡ Hospital inpatient stay of 3 days for late miscarriage and PID.
↵§ Other: walk-in and primary care centre.