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Appendix A

Table A.3 ORT labour costs

Task (staff) Time taken Unit cost Cost (range) Source
(range) (min)
Patient education (band 5 nurse) 10 (10–20) £30 per hour £5.00 (£5.00–10.00) Curtis 206
Patient review (band 5 nurse) 20 (20–30) £30 per hour £10.00 (£10.00–15.00) Curtis 206
Clinical examination (specialty registrar) 10 (10–20) £41 per hour £6.83 (£6.83–13.67) Curtis 206
Total labour costs £21.83 (£21.83–38.66)

Table A.4 ORT consumables costs
Variable Quantity Unit cost Cost Source
Dioralyte 2 sachets £6.99 (20 sachet pack) £0.70 BNF 55 (2008) 207
200 ml bottles a 2 bottles £11.50 (pack of 42) £0.55 NHS Supply Chain (2007) 208
Total consumables costs £1.25
a Oral solution is often given to younger children via a syringe but as the cost difference between bottles and a syringe
is small, the analysis has used the cost of bottles.

Table A.5 IVT labour costs
Task (staff) Time taken (range) No. times Unit cost Cost (range) Source
task carried
out
Ametop® application 5 minutes 1 £30/hour £2.50 Curtis 206
(band 5 nurse) (1–5 minutes) £0.50–2.50)
Cannulation/taking blood samples:
– 2 × band 5 nurse Total of 35 minutes 1 £30/hour £17.50 Curtis 206
(0–35 minutes) £0–17.50)
– specialty registrar 17.5 minutes 1 £41/hour £11.96 Curtis 206
(N/A) a (N/A)
Fluid preparation and Total of 15 minutes 1 £30/hour (£7.50) Curtis 206
attaching (2 × band 5 nurse) (10–15 minutes) (£5.00–7.50)
Baseline observations 10 minutes per hour 4 £30/hour £20.00 Curtis 206
(band 5 nurse) (5–10 minutes per hour) (£10.00–20.00)
Equipment adjustment 4 minutes per 4 £30/hour £8.00 Curtis 206
(band 5 nurse) adjustment (N/A) (N/A)
Site check (band 5 nurse) 5 minutes per check 4 £30/hour £10.00 Curtis 206
(N/A) (N/A)
Total labour costs £77.46
(£45.46–77.46)
a These values did not vary between base case and ‘worst case’ analyses.

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