Examining the feasibility of an economic analysis of dyadic developmental psychotherapy for children with maltreatment associated psychiatric problems in the United Kingdom

Table 1 Resource use, unit cost and cost per case for DDP models

			DDP Full-Basic				DDP Home-Base					DDP Long-Term
Area	Cost item	Provider	Number of sessions	Duration (hours)	Unit cost (£)	Cost/Case (£)	Number of sessions	Duration (hours)	Unit cost or range (£)	Cost/Case (£)	Discounted (£)	Number of sessions	Duration (hours)	Unit cost (£)	Cost/Case (£)
NHS	Consultation with carer	Clinical Psychologist Band 8	12	1	135	810	28	1	60	1,260	1,253	24	2	135	4,860
	Consultation with carer and child	Clinical Psychologist Band 8	20	1	135	2,700	28	1	60	1,260	1,253	19	2	135	4,489
	Prep time/Review time	Clinical Psychologist Band 8	20	1	135	1,350	28	0	60	560	557	24	1	135	1,620
	Peer Supervision	Clinical Psychologist Band 8	4	2	135	810	-	-	-	-	-	4	2	135	1,080
	Video Recording Equipment	-	-	-	-	19	-	-	156	156	155	-	-	-	-
	Sofa	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Toys	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Travel expense	Clinical Psychologist Band 8	-	-	-	-
TOTAL NHS						5,702				6,036	6,001				12,049
Family	Time off work/other duties: Carer 1	-	15	3	6	228	28	2	6	255	254	24	4	6	620
	Time off work/other duties: Carer 2	-	15	3	3	634	28	2	17	711	706	24	4	17	1,726
	Sofa	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	0	0	-	-	-	-
	Toys	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	0	0	-	-	-	-
	Use of home for session	-	-	-	-	-	28	2	5	140	139	-	-	-	-
TOTAL FAMILY						862				1,106	1,100				2,346
Social Services	Travel expense		30	12 miles	0.4/mile	144	-	-	-	-	-	48	5 miles	0.4/mile	96
TOTAL SOCIAL SERVICES						144					-				96
TOTAL COSTS					TOTAL	6,708			TOTAL	7,141	7,101			TOTAL	14,490

ISSN: 1471-244X