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Family Practice Vol. 19, No. 5, 500-503
© Oxford University Press 2002

Health Services Research

A methodological framework to derive the cost of the GP consultation

DP Kernick and A Nettena

St Thomas’ Medical Group, Exeter and
a Personal Social Services Research Unit, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent, UK.

Dr DP Kernick, St Thomas’ Medical Group, Cowick Street, Exeter EX4 1HJ, UK; E-mail: su1838{at}eclipse.co.uk

With an emphasis on a primary care-led NHS, the cost of a GP consultation will be a major element in any economic analysis. No standardized methodology is available for deriving this cost, and there are a wide range of estimates. Wherever possible, local unit costs should be derived from individual practice information, particularly when local circumstances are relevant to a study, but unless standardized methodology is used, studies undertaken in different settings or at different times will not be compatible. This paper proposes a framework which will enable each practice to determine their unit consultation costs and offers data that can be used where local information is not available.

Keywords. Consultation cost, GP.


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