Estimated total cost per patient (£) by category of resource use
| Before | After | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intervention ED | Control ED | Intervention combined ED and WIC | Control ED | |
| ED, emergency department; WIC, walk-in centre. | ||||
| *Including general practitioner, practice nurse, walk-in centre or NHS Direct. | ||||
| Column subtotals and totals have been slight adjusted due to rounding. | ||||
| Doctors | 20.27 | 22.99 | 23.71 | 27.40 |
| Nurses | 32.21 | 29.73 | 34.46 | 32.02 |
| Other clinical staff | 1.06 | 0.27 | 1.12 | 0.33 |
| All clinical staff | 53.54 | 52.99 | 59.30 | 59.75 |
| Other fixed and semi-fixed costs | 23.00 | 13.82 | 25.31 | 15.31 |
| Total fixed and semi-fixed costs | 76.54 | 66.80 | 84.60 | 75.05 |
| Investigations | 10.87 | 18.65 | 11.82 | 19.56 |
| Medication | 1.84 | 1.09 | 1.21 | 1.11 |
| Onward referral (outpatients) | 14.87 | 20.01 | 12.55 | 18.90 |
| Re-consultations* | 6.84 | 6.84 | 6.98 | 7.05 |
| Total variable costs | 34.42 | 46.59 | 32.58 | 46.61 |
| Total cost | 110.96 | 113.39 | 117.18 | 121.67 |