Glaucoma
(asked on 16th September 2015) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost to the NHS was of treating patients with glaucoma in (a) 2012, (b) 2013 and (c) 2014.
Cost information is shown in the following table from reference costs, which are the average unit cost to National Health Service trusts and foundation trusts of providing defined services in a given financial year. The table shows the costs of a surgical procedure covering one episode of care under one consultant in an admitted patient or outpatient setting and does not include other elements of the patient pathway such as general practitioner consultations or outpatient appointments. It is not possible to separately identify the costs of glaucoma in non-surgical appointments.
Costs associated with glaucoma procedures, 2011/12 – 2013/14
Healthcare Resource Group (HRG) | Activity | National average unit cost £ | Estimated total cost £million |
2011/12 |
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Major Glaucoma Procedures | 2,248 | £1,440 | £3.2m |
Intermediate Glaucoma Procedures | 33,842 | £387 | £13.1m |
Minor Glaucoma Procedures | 17,194 | £293 | £5.0m |
Total |
|
| £21.3m |
2012/13 |
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Major Glaucoma Procedures, with CC Score 1+ | 1,206 | £1,665 | £2.0m |
Major Glaucoma Procedures, with CC Score 0 | 2,622 | £885 | £2.3m |
Intermediate Glaucoma Procedures, with CC Score 1+ | 3,167 | £1,250 | £4.0m |
Intermediate Glaucoma Procedures, with CC Score 0 | 17,410 | £451 | £7.9m |
Minor Glaucoma Procedures, with CC Score 1+ | 2,014 | £773 | £1.6m |
Minor Glaucoma Procedures, with CC Score 0 | 19,243 | £198 | £3.8m |
Total |
|
| £21.6m |
2013/14 |
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Major Glaucoma Procedures with CC Score 1+ | 1,709 | £1,689 | £2.9m |
Major Glaucoma Procedures with CC Score 0 | 3,129 | £884 | £2.8m |
Intermediate Glaucoma Procedures with CC Score 1+ | 3,384 | £1,236 | £4.2m |
Intermediate Glaucoma Procedures with CC Score 0 | 9,297 | £772 | £7.2m |
Minor Glaucoma Procedures with CC Score 1+ | 2,142 | £680 | £1.5m |
Minor Glaucoma Procedures with CC Score 0 | 24,688 | £181 | £4.5m |
Total |
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| £23.1m |
Source: Reference costs, Department of Health
Notes:
- The HRG classification groups procedures into categories such as major, intermediate and minor, according to their complexity.
- Complication and comorbidity scores describe the illness severity and complexity of patients, and the additional resources required for their treatment.