Table 1.

Unit costs of care for dyspeptic patients used in economic analysis

Procedure	Mean cost (£)
Attendance at accident and emergency15	98
Barium meal examination16	246
Test for campylobacter-like organisms*	15
Dilation of oesophagus16	323
Endoscopy16	246
Helico G ELISA test*	2
Helisal rapid blood test†	17
Histology for H pylori*	8
Outpatient appointment15	63
Primary care consultation15	17
Prescribing costs17	Individual defined daily doses

^*Public Health Laboratory Service. ^†Cortecs Diagnositics.