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Costs Book 2007

ISD Scotland collects annual data on the cost of providing health care in Scotland and publishes this information in Scottish Health Service Costs (Costs Book).  Costs Book 2007 presents a detailed breakdown of expenditure on health, covering over £7.8 billion of NHS spending on:

  • Hospital Services (£4,711M)
    The average cost of a week's stay in hospital was £2,616 (report R025)

  • Primary Care Services (£3,090M)
    The cost of providing primary medical services in local health care centres in 2006/07 was £700 million, or the equivalent of £137 for every person in Scotland (report R390)
The information published in the Costs Book is derived mainly from the financial and statistical data prepared as part of the annual accounts cycle and is unaudited.
 
Executive Summary - an introduction to the Costs Book, setting the data in context and a summary report of expenditure and activity information for each NHS Board.

Expenditure on providing health care is analysed in two ways:
(i) by board of residence, showing expenditure on Scottish residents irrespective of where they receive treatment 
(ii) by board of treatment, showing expenditure by the 14 health boards, and by two of the special boards (Golden Jubilee National Hospital and the State Hospital), irrespective of the residency of the patients.

Board of Residence - Summary Tables
The Costs Book presents a series of reports showing expenditure by the 14 NHS Boards on their residents, by type of care e.g. maternity, geriatric continuing care. 

Board of Treatment - Summary Tables
The main coverage of the Costs Book is on the cost of providing health care in the hospital and primary care sectors of each NHS board, with most information available for the hospital services sector.  While the Costs Book reconciles to the expenditure reported in board annual accounts, certain items of income and expenditure are excluded from the analysis of costs presented in the Costs Book reports.
 
Detailed Tables - for the technical user of the Costs Book.
 
File Listings - shortcuts to the 2007 data files.


Main contact: Email Costs Team