Costs of intervention
Health service costs incurred as the consequence of the intervention
shoudl be recorded. main are of costs are staffing (e.g. operating
theatre staff costs), capital costs (buildings and equipment) and
consumables. Also inluded inthis cost will be the use of other
services during the period spent in hospitla following the procedure..
These will include:
- Consumables (drugs, etc)
- Staff time (nuring and clinical time etc)
- Outpatient visits
- Hopsital admissions
Unit costs for these resources should be based on nationally
available data and/or study-specific estimates.
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This page was last updated September 2008.