Estimates of total annual healthcare costs for children in the UK aged 1–5 yrs with wheeze or asthma in 1998/1999 according to care received#
| Primary and secondary million GBP | Primary plus treatment million GBP | Primary alone million GBP | Total million GBP | |
| Children n | 25855 | 378555 | 271659 | |
| GP consultations | 2.66 | 22.36 | 9.23 | |
| Practice nurse consultations | 0.13 | |||
| Prescription items | 0.69 | 10.08 | ||
| A&E attendances | 0.11 | |||
| In-patient days | 6.29 | |||
| Outpatient department attendances | 1.20 | |||
| Total | 11.08 | 32.44 | 9.23 | 52.75 |
GBP: UK pounds
GP: general practitioner
A&E: accident and emergency department
#: 47,304 received neither primary nor secondary care