Table 1 Unit costs of health services associated with the ambulatory management of gestational diabetes mellitus.

Antenatal clinic visits

MBS item 16500

Physician clinic visits:

   initial

MBS items 110, 116 (consultant physician)

   subsequent

Dietician visits:

DVA

   initial

DT-03 ($5.32*12)

   subsequent

DT-22 ($5.32*6)

Diabetes educator

As for dietician subsequent visit (see above)

Insulin therapy

Weighted average DPMQ for 11 PBS insulin items; Mean duration 6.4 weeks Intervention Group, 5.4 weeks Routine-Care Group