Table 1.

National average unit cost used in the analysis.

Health Service Use		Unit cost (£) (per consultation or per episode)	Sources
GPa consultation
	In surgery	38	PSSRUb 2014 [25]
	Home visit	62	PSSRU 2014 [25]
	Telephone	23	PSSRU 2014 [25]
Practice nurse consultation
	In surgery	11	PSSRU 2014 [25)
	Home visit	18	PSSRU 2014 [25]
NHSc Walk-In Clinic		56	PSSRU 2014 [25]
Out-of-hour services
	Telephone advice	36	Out-of-hours GP services in England [26], PSSRU 2014 [25]
	Home visit	117	Out-of-hours GP services in England [26], PSSRU 2014 [25]
	In surgery	86	Out-of-hours GP services in England [26], PSSRU 2014 [25]
Accident and emergency service admission		167	Reference Costs 2013-14 [27]
Podiatrist		44	Reference Costs 2013-14 [27]
Optometry		97	Reference Costs 2013-14 [27]
Physiotherapy		46	Reference Costs 2013-14 [27]
Counselling
	Primary care	46	PSSRU 2014 [25]
	Community	138	Reference Costs 2013-14 [27]
Clinical test		2	Reference Costs 2013-14 [27]
Outpatient appointment		111	Reference Costs 2013-14 [27]
Day case		698	Reference Costs 2013-14 [27]
Inpatient admission		1891	Reference Costs 2013-14 [27]
District nurse
	Home visit	46	Reference Costs 2013-14 [27], PSSRU 2014 [25]
	In surgery or clinic	37	Reference Costs 2013-14 [27]
Social worker		55	PSSRU 2014 [25]
Occupational therapy		64	Reference Costs 2013-14 [27]
Dietician		80	Reference Costs 2013-14 [27]

^aGP: general practitioner.

^bPSSRU: Personal Social Services Research Unit.

^cNHS: National Health Service.