TABLE 3.
Costs (£) from diagnosis to study exit date and breakdown of components per month per patient
| Costs from diagnosis to study exit | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NYHA group (at diagnosis) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Unknown | Total |
| Number of patients | 6 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 37 |
| Total days (diagnosis to study exit) | 3941 | 10 776 | 4575 | 5451 | 342 | 25 085 |
| Average days (diagnosis to study exit) | 657 | 770 | 458 | 909 | 342 | |
| Total Cost | £11 883 | £122 288 | £86 502 | £111 262 | £17 120 | £349 055 |
| Average cost/patient/month | £92 | £345 | £575 | £621 | £1523 | |
| Breakdown of average monthly cost per patient | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Echocardiogram | £3 | £10 | £4 | £7 | £22 | |
| New cardiology outpatient | £7 | £16 | £12 | £4 | £20 | |
| Follow up cardiology outpatient | £16 | £38 | £36 | £33 | £99 | |
| A&E | £5 | £30 | £35 | £27 | £56 | |
| Heart failure community nurse | £3 | £13 | £6 | £19 | £0 | |
| Inpatient admission | £58 | £210 | £446 | £354 | £1326 | |
| Excess bed days | £0 | £27 | £36 | £176 | £0 | |
Abbreviations: A&E, Accident and Emergency; NYHA, New York Heart Association classification of heart failure.