Table 4

Summary of costs of aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage in the UK in 2005

Type of resource used

Unit of measurement

Units of resources consumed

Average unit cost (£2005)

Total cost (£2005 million)

Sources of data (reference number)

Health care cost

Hospital inpatient care

Inpatient bed days

123,968

£796

£98.7

6

Surgical operations for aSAH

Operated patients

6,625

£3,833

£25.4

6

Cerebrovascular rehabilitation

Days at rehabilitation clinic

47,540

£224

£10.6

6,10

Accident and emergency

Attendances

5,140

£106

£0.5

6

Hospital day case and outpatient care

Day cases

3,049

£691

£2.1

6

Primary care

Doctor consultations at clinic

20,370

£30

£0.6

8

Community health/social services

£30.2

3,7,10

Health care cost subtotal

£168.2

Non-health care cost

Hours of informal care

Hours of caring by economically active carers per year

3,311,769

£9

£31.4

2,3,18,19,20,21

Hours of caring by economically inactive carers per year

2,080,325

£5

£10.5

2,3,18,19,20,21

Informal care cost subtotal

£41.9

Productivity loss

Mortality

Working years lost (men)

7,564

£25,100

£152.7

6,9,10,22

Working years lost (women)

9,088

£19,400

£126.2

6,9,10,22

Morbidity

Certified incapacity days (men)

122,280

£85

£10.4

6,10,23

Certified incapacity days (women)

210,112

£51

£10.8

6,10,23

Morbidity (Friction adjusted) men

£3.2

6,10,23,24

Morbidity (Friction adjusted) women

£3.1

6,10,23,24

Productivity loss subtotal

£300.1

(Friction adjusted)

£285.2

Non-health care subtotal

£342.0

(Friction adjusted)

£327.1

Total economic burden

£510.2

(Friction adjusted)

£495.3

aSAH: aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage

Rivero-Arias et al. Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation 2010 8:6   doi:10.1186/1478-7547-8-6