Table 8.
Treatment costs differentiated by age, final diagnosis, and antibiotic status
| Viral | Trivial | Inflammatory | Bacterial | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antibiotics given? | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| All* | £1392.30 | £140.10 | £324.49 | £224.54 | £185.08 | £669.86 | £755.03 | £747.43 |
| 0–3 months | £2842.60 | £479.65 | N/A | £113.81 | N/A | £50.87 | £2476.96 | £2419.07 |
| 3–6 months | £1969.38 | £142.81 | £50.39 | £334.50 | N/A | £65.92 | £1078.39 | £60.78 |
| 6–12 months | £2452.83 | £159.57 | N/A | £58.63 | N/A | N/A | £376.20 | £774.53 |
| 1–3 years | £687.02 | £151.09 | £2223.43 | £256.88 | £51.43 | £390.81 | £883.52 | £278.09 |
| 3–6 years | £1201.76 | £123.97 | £58.69 | £196.88 | £54.52 | £355.06 | £450.45 | £586.77 |
| 6–10 years | £1575.80 | £63.65 | £51.46 | £87.65 | £475.93 | £447.47 | £416.84 | £672.95 |
| 10–16 years | £2603.54 | £143.37 | N/A | £401.88 | £101.95 | £4842.32 | £1484.10 | £694.91 |
*MTS green and yellow only