Table 1.

Unit costs.

Health care resource	Cost, £	Source
Primary care resources
GP	24.00	Curt is and Netten, 200511
Practice nurse	10.00	Curt is and Netten, 200511
Physiotherapist	20.00	Curt is and Netten, 200511
NHS hospital resources
MRI examination	290.17	Study data
Outpatient attendancesa
First outpatient attendance	134.00	NHS Reference Costs, 200512
Follow-up outpatient attendance	82.00	NHS Reference Costs, 200512
Admission to NHS hospital	1384.00	NHS Reference Costs, 200512
Physiotherapist	46.00	Curtis and Netten, 200511
Equipment
Tubigrip®	2.83	British National Formulary, 200613
Knee brace	20.00	Study data
Medication
Ibuprofen (400 mg)	2.66	British National Formulary, 200613

^aIncluding orthopaedic consulta tions. MRI = magnetic resonance imaging.