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National Guideline Centre (UK). Emergency and acute medical care in over 16s: service delivery and organisation. London: National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE); 2018 Mar. (NICE Guideline, No. 94.)

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Emergency and acute medical care in over 16s: service delivery and organisation.

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Table 21Unit costs of health care

ModelUnit costSource & notes
Hospital bed day - all inpatient wards except ICU/HDU)Cohort model & simulation model£296

NHS Reference costs55

For non-elective excess bed days:

(Total cost of bed days / number of bed days) = £999,936,997 / 3,380,432

ICU/HDU attendanceCohort model£5,207

NHS Reference costs55

Weighted average of: (cost of an ICU/HDU bed day for given service code) x (average length of stay for given service code) for NHS reference cost service codes: CCU01, CCU03, CCU05, CCU09, CCU10, CCU11, CCU90, CCU91.

ICU/HDU bed daySimulation model£1,262NHS Reference costs55
ED attendanceCohort model & simulation model£114

NHS Reference costs55

ED – not admitted

Weighted average cost of the following service codes:

T01NA, T02NA, T03NA, T04NA

Post-discharge costCohort model & simulation model£2,107PSSRU50
Short stay admissionCohort model£588

Non-elective short stay

NHS Reference costs55

CDU visitSimulation model£192

NHS Reference costs55

ED – admitted

AAMU visitSimulation model£158

NHS Reference costs55

General medicine - outpatient

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