Table 1-A2.

Unit costs associated with death and care after discharge

	Unit cost (£s 1995)1-150
Postmortem examination	866
Transport home in ambulance	218
From initial discharge to 1 year:
Readmissions	197-220/day
Hospital clinic or outpatient clinic	93/visit
Health visitor	47/1 hour visit
Family doctor	31/visit
Other1-151	29/1 hour visit

^1-150Postmortem costs were obtained from J Keeling (trial pathologist), transport costs from London Ambulance Service, and other costs from Netten and Dennett.¹⁴ 

^1-151Paediatric nurse, physiotherapist, teacher, etc.