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Table 4 Costs of Service Provision

From: The cost effectiveness of NHS physiotherapy support for occupational health (OH) services

 

Staff time (hrs)

Cost based on published hourly rate (£)*

Cost based on budgeted expenditure (£)***

Actual Cost (£)

Telephone

0.75

30

34.66

64.56

Face to face

4

160

184.87

344.31

Workplace

6 (inc travel)

273

277.30

516.47

Unit cost per hour

 

40**

46.22

86.08

Unit cost per service user

 

168.00

194.00

360.00

  1. *Curtis L. Unit costs of health and social care (p.195) 2010. http://www.pssru.ac.uk/pdf/uc/uc2010/uc2010.pdf
  2. **including qualifications
  3. ***Based on Welsh Assembly Government estimates of expenditure