| Study id |
Costs considered |
Treatment cost |
Control cost |
Notes |
| Griffiths 2001 |
In‐patient costs to service providers (from study entry) |
£5144 per stay |
£4100 per stay |
Comprehensive range of resources used identified and costed directly or estimated. Used a variety of methods to estimate total inpatient costs (including medical and nursing care). Cost differences were subjected to a sensitivity analysis and were not sensitive to assumptions. Main driver of costs is length of stay. |
| Griffiths 2000 |
In‐patient costs to service providers (from study entry) |
High estimate £ 10,278, Low estimate £8,544 per stay |
£7,757 |
Comprehensive range of resources used identified and costed directly or estimated. Used two methods to estimate cost of medical care for NLU. Magnitude of cost difference varied depending on this but NLU more expensive. Main driver of costs is length of stay. |
| Bowcutt 2000 |
Direct hospital costs ‐ unspecified |
$9,445.06 |
$19.,320.87 |
No detail given on costs other than nursing staff |
| Pearson 1988a |
Cost per hospital stay (including acute stay) to service providers |
£1267.3 (£1323.6*) |
£1311.9 |
No detail given on costs other than nursing staff. *Figure in brackets recalculated from data given in paper. |
| Pearson 1988b |
Cost per hospital stay (including acute stay) to service providers |
£1476.36 |
£1431.42 |
Costing based on staff cost and average cost per bed (estimated) |
| Daly 1995 |
In‐patient costs to service providers (total stay) |
$76,077 |
$81,212 |
Comprehensive range of resources used identified and costed directly or estimated.. |
| Steiner 2001 |
In‐patient costs to service providers (from study entry) |
£7892 |
£4910 |
Unclear if aggregate daily cost of NLU reflects resources actually used |
