Table 1. Costing data.
Item | Trust expenditure | Trust income | Source of cost |
Simple mastectomy tariff | £2123 (day-case) | National tariff payment system 2017/18 | |
£1928 (standard) | |||
Drain | £26.95 (drain) | Hospital finance | |
£19.97 (suction bag) | |||
£1.41 (suture) | |||
£1.91 (dressing) | |||
Total = £52.15 | |||
Cost of admission for surgery | £220.90 Day-case | Hospital finance | |
£402.95 Overnight | |||
Dressing clinic appointment | £23.63 | Hospital finance |