Table 32Tube feeding resource and cost use reported by Corry 2008

ResourceNGTPEG
Feeding tube cost, 2008 prices$26$110
Insertion costs, 2008 prices$50$626
Total cost of procedure, 2008 prices$76$736
Total cost of procedure, sterlinga£57£555
Total cost of procedure, 2015/16 pricesb£66£641

NGT, nasogastric tube; PEG, percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy

(a)
(b)

1.325 USD = 1 GBP

1 GBP = 0.755

Inflator to 2015/16 prices 1.1556, based on the hospital & community health services (HCHS) index (297.0 [2015/16 PPI] / 257 [2007/8 PPI])

From: Appendix K, Health Economics

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