Resources used | Cost item | Unit cost, £* | n | Total cost, £ | |
Pharmacy | |||||
Consultation (eligible partners) | Per partner | Clinic A: | £22.00 | 13 | £286.00 |
Clinic B: | £17.92 | 2 | £35.84 | ||
A & B: | £18.48 | 15 | £277.20 | ||
Admin work (nurse) | Per partner | Clinic A: | £6.74 | 13 | £87.62 |
Clinic B: | £5.50 | 2 | £11.00 | ||
A & B: | £5.67 | 15 | £85.05 | ||
APT pack (chlamydia/NGU) | Per partner | Clinic A: | £29.48 | 12 | £353.76 |
Clinic B: | £29.48 | 2 | £58.96 | ||
A & B: | £29.48 | 14 | £412.72 | ||
APT pack (gonorrhoea) | Per partner | Clinic A: | £24.31 | 1 | £24.31 |
Clinic B: | £24.31 | 0 | £0 | ||
A & B: | £24.31 | 1 | £24.31 | ||
Pharmacy expenditure cost | Clinic A: | £751.69* (£604.36–£899.02)† | |||
Clinic B: | £105.80* (£85.06–£126.54)† | ||||
A & B: | £799.28* (£642.62–£955.94)† | ||||
Average cost per partner treated | A & B: | 15 | £53.29* |
↵* Costs were inflated to £UK at 2008 rates. Costs for Clinics A & B combined are based on national averages. Appropriate multipliers were applied to reflect differences in costs in London (for Clinic A) and outside London (for Clinic B).
↵† 95% CI—we assumed normality and used z (1.96) score in calculating the CI.