Table 1

Breakdown of costs by individual patient

Patient number	Real-world cost in the year preprocedure (£)	Cost of TIPS procedure* (£)	Real-world cost in the year postprocedure (£)	Net saving at 1 year postprocedure† (£)
1	21 710	2575.27	15 375	3759.73
2	11 910	5560.71	2500	3849.29
3	9425	2829.36	11 425	−4829.36
4	5960	3235.55	2535	189.45
5	16 040	2699.96	7000	6340.04
6	15 430	2330.66	135	12 964.34
7	3350	2553.89	1400	−603.89
8	2650	3428.45	1050	−1828.45
9	24 200	2464.76	7240	14 495.24
10	16 940	4655.51	9885	2399.49
11	6735	2464.98	14 355	−10 084.98
12	8030	2478.18	3150	2401.82
13	2910	2868.81	1860	−1818.81
14	14 155	2357.89	700	11 097.11
15	22 510	2430.84	1750	18 329.16
16	5980	3404.77	8400	−5824.77
17	9670	2484.01	1750	5435.99
18	14 025	3179.34	5255	5590.66
19	5345	2468.85	700	2176.15
20	16 200	2658.85	37 800	−24 258.85
21	10 050	3098.13	700	6251.87
22	17 405	2487.39	1750	13 167.61
23	11 110	2487.39	700	7922.61
24	2975	2487.39	1400	−912.39
Total net saving:				£66 209.06

*Variable cost due to use of different stent types and coils plus different volumes of contrast.
†Net saving calculated by subtracting procedure cost and cost after TIPS from cost in year prior.
TIPS, trans-jugular intrahepatic porto-systemic shunt.