Table 6.

Hypothetical example of the estimated costs of the intervention applied to an average PCT (Costs expressed in 2002/03 UK£).

	Estimated costs	Estimated costs for an average PCT1
1. Adapting the guidelines	£11443	£11443
2. Developing/modifying the software	£14034	£14034
3. Local educational meetings	£1204	£1204
4. Register running costs	£5585	£5,585/year
5. General practice running costs2	£19.11/patient/year	£72,236/year

1 Average PCT: 40 general practices, practice size 3.5 FTE doctors, list size 1800/doctor, prevalence of type 2 diabetes 1.5%. This gives 3780 patients.

2. Average cost incurred by practices assumed to be 25% of the range of £0.00 to £76.52. Includes staff time and consumables.