Costs of seeing new patients in the conventional as opposed to the dedicated valve clinic
| Conventional model | Valve clinic model | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Consultant-led | 100.00 | 9231.34 | 100.00 | 9231.34 |
| Refer for echo | 100 | 7400 | 100 | 7400 |
| Refer for ETT | 5 | 300 | 50 | 3000 |
| Total cost | 16 931.34 | 19 631.34 | ||
There is a 10-fold increase in the utilisation of ETT in the valve clinic, and the time allocated to the consultant for one consultation is 30 min as opposed to 15 min in the follow-up configuration.