Treatment Component Unit Cost (£)
(Year) Explanation of Calculation Discount Rate Present Value (£) Source
Course of oral co-amoxiclav
4.80 (2017)
Average of 14 brands for oral suspension and tablet course of co-amoxiclav
3.5%
5.32
BNF, 20178
Midwife home visit
19.00 (2019)
Cost of an atypically long home visit by midwife to take swabs and investigate suspected infection
3.5%
19.67
Unit costs of Health and Social care, 20199
GP visit
28.00 (2019)
Cost of a primary care consultation (including administration staff and overheads)
3.5%
28.98
Unit costs of Health and Social Care, 20199
Outpatient visit to a doctor
138.20 (2018)
Weighted average of codes 501 & 502, total
3.5%
148.04
NHS reference cost 2017-1810
Hospital readmission-short stay
640.30 (2018)
Weighted average of codes NZ26A & NZ26B
3.5%
685.91
NHS reference cost 2017-1810
Perineal wound breakdown treatment cost
1,859.00 (2016)
Cost of hospital admission and dressings (cost does not include district nurse visits)
3.5%
2,133.25
Guest, J., Fuller, G. and Vowden, P BMJ11
Endometritis Treatment
750.91 (2020)
Antibiotics cost (clindamycin and gentamicin) + Short stay Hospital treatment
-
750.91
D, Harding, 201712 (provided the treatment pathway)
Clindamycin
59.00 (2020)
600mg IV Clindamycin every 6 hours for 24 hours
-
59.00
BNF, 202013
Gentamicin
6.00 (2020)
80mg IV Gentamicin, 3 rounds over 24 hours
-
6.00
BNF, 202013
Co-amoxiclav 625mg PO TDS
2.41 (2020)
Perineal Wound Infection
-
2.41
BNF, 202013
Amoxicillin 500mg po 8 hourly for 7 days
1.22 (2020)
UTI/other infection
-
1.22
NHS Prescription Services. (2020). Drug Tariff14
Paracetamol
0.73 (2020)
For perineal pain relief
-
0.73
BNF, 202013
Sepsis Treatment
5686.72 (2017)
-
3.5%
6,304.97
Hex N., Retzler J., Bartlett C. and Arber M, 201715