§ Mrs. Virginia BottomleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the average cost to the NHS of(a) a hospital admission caused by influenza, (b) a doctor taking a day off work as a result of influenza, (c) an influenza vaccination and (d) a course of antiviral treatment and protection for influenza. [121963]
§ Yvette CooperCosts per finished consultant episode (FCE) for possible treatments for patients with influenza are given as follows. The cost information is based on the 1998–99 financial year and is based on costs for non-elective inpatients. Influenza features in a number of healthcare resource groupings (HRGs).
Upper respiratory tract disorders (HRG P03)—national average cost per FCE £403
(relates to ICD10—J101 Influenza with other resp. manifest influenza virus identified)(Number of non elective FCEs in 1998–99–70,324—based on fast track data)Other viral illness (HRG S14)—national average cost per FCE £611
(relates to ICD10—J108 Influenza with other manifest influenza virus identified)(Number of non elective FCEs in 1998–99–11,802—based on fast track data)Lobar, atypical or viral pneumonia (HRG D13)
(Patient greater than 69 or wcc1)—national average cost per FCE £1,269(relates to ICD10—J110 Influenza with pneumonia, virus not identified)(Number of non elective FCEs in 1998–99–29.952—based on fast track data)Lobar, atypical or viral pneumonia (HRG D14)
(Patient less than 70 or w/o cc2)—national average cost per FCE £806(relates to ICD10—J110 Influenza with pneumonia, virus not identified)(Number of non elective FCEs in 1998–99–18,222—based on fast track data)1 With complications and co-morbidities
24W2 Without complications and co-morbidities.
The cost of a doctor taking a day off work is not known. The list prices for influenza vaccines and antiviral drugs are given in the British National Formulary, copies of which are in the Library.