TABLE 2.
Costs (£) from symptom onset to diagnosis and breakdown of components per month per patient
| Costs from symptom onset to diagnosis | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NYHA group (at symptom onset) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Number of patients | 7 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 34 |
| Total days (onset to diagnosis) | 5871 | 17 167 | 2034 | 194 | 25 226 |
| Average days (onset to diagnosis) | 839 | 817 | 407 | 194 | |
| Total Cost | £25 009 | £188 393 | £38 191 | £28 960 | £280 553 |
| Average cost/patient/month | £130 | £334 | £571 | £4541 | |
| Breakdown of average monthly cost per patient | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Echocardiogram | £4 | £9 | £11 | £57 | |
| New cardiology outpatient | £15 | £17 | £17 | £0 | |
| Follow up cardiology outpatient | £6 | £16 | £29 | £0 | |
| A&E | £8 | £25 | £13 | £66 | |
| Heart failure community nurse | £0 | £3 | £0 | £0 | |
| Inpatient admission | £97 | £258 | £502 | £1169 | |
| Excess bed days | £0 | £6 | £0 | £3249 | |
Abbreviations: A&E, Accident and Emergency; NYHA, New York Heart Association classification of heart failure.