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* Total cost of heart failure to the NHS *
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Overall, the total direct medical cost of heart failure in the UK each year is currently just over £625 million.

 

Hospital inpatient care is the biggest single health care cost, accounting for approximately 60% of the total cost of heart failure in the UK.
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* Costs of heart failure to the NHS, 2000, UK (Table)
Sources: This table was produced using data from the tables below.		  
Microsoft Excel Sheet - Costs of heart failure to the NHS, 2000, UK (Table)
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* Costs of heart failure to the NHS, 2000, UK (Figure)
Sources: This figure was produced using data from the tables below.		  
Microsoft Excel Sheet - Costs of heart failure to the NHS, 2000, UK (Figure)Microsoft Powerpoint Presentation - Costs of heart failure to the NHS, 2000, UK (Figure)
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* Mean annual number of GP consultations per person with heart failure, 1991/92, England and Wales, and estimates of the total number of consultations and their costs to the NHS, 2000, UK (Table)
Sources: Gnani S et al (2001) Health Statistics Quarterly; Netten A et al (1999) PSSRU, University of Kent.		  
Microsoft Excel Sheet - Mean annual number of GP consultations per person with heart failure, 1991/92, England and Wales, and estimates of the total number of consultations and their costs to the NHS, 2000, UK (Table)
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* Hospital admissions related to heart failure, 2000/01, England, and estimates of hospital admissions and their cost to the NHS, 2000, UK (Table)
Source: Hospital Episode Statistics (2002); DOH Annual Trust Financial Returns 1998 and 1999.		  
Microsoft Excel Sheet - Hospital admissions related to heart failure, 2000/01, England, and estimates of hospital admissions and their cost to the NHS, 2000, UK (Table)
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* Mean annual number of referrals to secondary care per patient with heart failure, 1991/92, E& W, and estimates of the total number of outpatient visits and their costs to the NHS , 2000, UK (Table)
Sources: Gnani S et al (2001) Health Statistics Quarterly; McMurray J et al (1993) British Journal of Medical Economics; DOH Annual Trust Financial Returns 1998 and 1999.		  
Microsoft Excel Sheet - Mean annual number of referrals to secondary care per patient with heart failure, 1991/92, E& W, and estimates of the total number of outpatient visits and their costs to the NHS , 2000, UK (Table)
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* Estimates of the probability of outpatient investigations performed at first and subsequent attendances of heart failure patients and their total cost to NHS, 2000, UK (Table)
Source: McMurray J et al (1993) British Journal of Medical Economics.		  
Microsoft Excel Sheet - Estimates of the probability of outpatient investigations performed at first and subsequent attendances of heart failure patients and their total cost to NHS, 2000, UK (Table)
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* Estimates of number and cost of prescriptions used in the treatment of heart failure, 2000, UK (Table)
Source: IMS Medical Data Index 2000 (2002); DOH Statistical Division (2000) Prescription cost analysis.		  
Microsoft Excel Sheet - Estimates of number and cost of prescriptions used in the treatment of heart failure, 2000, UK (Table)
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