TABLE 30, [Values used for outpatient consultations]. - A pragmatic randomised controlled trial of the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of ‘PhysioDirect’ telephone assessment and advice services for physiotherapy

Type of consultation	Cost per first consultation (£)	Cost per follow-up consultation (£)	Cost per unknown consultation (£)
Cardiology	171.00	113.00	124.00
Dermatology	112.00	86.00	92.00
ENT	106.00	74.00	85.00
General medicine	194.00	132.00	138.00
Gynaecology	139.00	97.00	112.00
Haemophilia	1070.00	793.00	785.00
Neurology	207.00	140.00	166.00
Ophthalmology	105.00	74.00	80.00
Oral surgery	128.00	95.00	111.00
Orthopaedics	121.00	83.00	96.00
Pain management	173.00	107.00	122.00
Podiatry	63.00	51.00	40.00
Rheumatology	213.00	125.00	135.00
Thoracic surgery	255.00	201.00	216.00
Upper gastrointestinal surgery	140.00	100.00	118.00
Urology	129.00	88.00	99.00
Homeopathic hospital outpatient	211.00	140.00	152.00

From: Chapter 4, Economic evaluation: methods

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A pragmatic randomised controlled trial of the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of ‘PhysioDirect’ telephone assessment and advice services for physiotherapy.

Health Technology Assessment, No. 17.2.

Salisbury C, Foster NE, Hopper C, et al.

Southampton (UK): NIHR Journals Library; 2013 Jan.

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