The median waiting time for CBT was 2.9 months (IQR = 2.3; minimum = 0.5; maximum = 22.5). Sessions were one hour long and participants were seen approximately every 2–4 weeks during the active stage of treatment. The number of sessions depended on the needs of the patient but the standard treatment package that was offered consisted of 12–16 active treatment sessions with four sessions of follow-up. The patients had a median of approximately 12 active treatment sessions (IQR = 5), with a maximum of 29 sessions.
When NICE did their budget on the costs of CBT for CFS, they'd budgeted for nine sessions:
The cost of individual CBT is based on nine 1-hour sessions delivered by a clinical psychologist (a midpoint of the 6 to 12 sessions that have been offered in randomised controlled trials). This equates to £678 per patient.
That means that NICE calculated the cost at £75.33 per hour.
That is less than half the cost that was being charged in 2012-13 at the service (admittedly this was five years later)
http://journals.plos.org/plosone/ar...notation/e82776f7-c1d4-4bbe-94c6-f4d715980260Maudsley Chronic Fatigue Service report the cost per hour of CBT/GET as being £176
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