Timeline for Does visiting an A&E in a NHS hospital cost £111?
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| Oct 6, 2016 at 11:04 | comment | added | Benjol | A&E is costing money even when no-one is using it... | |
| Oct 5, 2016 at 22:11 | comment | added | OrangeDog | People don't go to the GP with broken limbs and other serious injuries. X-Ray machines and blood transfusions are expensive, as is a fully-staffed emergency ward vs. one doctor in an office. | |
| Oct 5, 2016 at 12:36 | comment | added | Nate Eldredge | @TimGalvin: The NHS document explains in considerable detail how its numbers are calculated. In particular, there is a note about "adjusting for casemix" which I didn't completely understand, but seems to be in the direction of your question. | |
| Oct 5, 2016 at 12:11 | comment | added | Andrew | Jamiec has already answered the factual side of the question. So I'll answer the followup in the comments - Why? Assuming you spend the same amount of time seeing a doctor and the final treatment is the same why is one three times the price of the other? It's fairly obvious if you consider the overheads for the two. GP - A receptionist and normalish office building. Most medical equipment is low tech and cheap. A&E - A receptionist, multiple nurses per doctor, space in a hospital rather than office building, the same basic equipment plus more advanced medical equipment (some shared with the re | |
| Oct 5, 2016 at 11:05 | comment | added | Tim Galvin | The average reason for going to AE is clearly more expensive than the overage reason for going to a GP. The implication of the poster is that going to AE with a minor condition costs the NHS more than if you were I go to the GP. I see no a priori reason for this. For example, if I turn up to AE it should be cheaper than the GP, as it will be dealt with by a nurse. The alternative explanation is that for the same condition, AE gives better treatment or somehow less efficient.. | |
| Oct 5, 2016 at 11:01 | comment | added | Jamiec♦ | @TimGalvin I still don't follow what your first comment meant. The number is based on the average cost of an A&E visit. | |
| Oct 5, 2016 at 9:03 | comment | added | Jamiec♦ | Not really what? | |
| Oct 5, 2016 at 9:02 | comment | added | Tim Galvin | Not really, unless the comparison is drawn on a like for lime basis. I.e. Same condition. Do you know if that is the case? | |
| Oct 4, 2016 at 15:15 | history | edited | Jamiec♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Oct 4, 2016 at 14:57 | history | answered | Jamiec♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |