Source of costs | General practice (SD) | Genitourinary medicine clinic* (SD) | Hospital outpatient† (SD) | Hospital inpatient‡ (SD) | Other§ (SD) | |
Estimated | Tariff | Estimated | Tariff | Tariff | Estimated | |
Average cost per first attendance at the setting | 41 (15) | 139 (NA) | 110 (21) | 89 (31) | 786 (NA) | 53 (24) |
Average cost per all attendances | 35 (16) | 116 (29) | 79 (46) | 87 (29) | 786 (NA) | 42 (8) |
↵* Genitourinary medicine clinic costs are estimated two ways: either using the national tariff (first visit is £139, follow-up £82) or by estimating the time, drugs, consumables and test costs.
↵† Includes both accident and emergency and outpatient gynaecology estimates, which are tariff based.
↵‡ Inpatient stay of 3 days for late miscarriage and PID.
↵§ Other: walk-in and primary care centre.