Table 2

Costs specific to high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)

HPLC specific costsFixed (£)Variable (£)
Initial HPLC test and immediate repeats1800664485
Results checking/data entry04323.5
Repeat testing at 6 weeks8125
Hospital overheads1267517321.5
Subtotal3068986255
Total (including programme costs from table 1)51476132395