The challenge arising from the cost of haemophilia care: an audit of haemophilia treatment at Auckland Hospital.

Aims: To compare treatment patterns in adults and children with haemophilia and to estimate the financial impact of the changing practice of haemophilia care.

Methods: A retrospective audit of replacement coagulation factor usage in all patients with haemophilia treated at the Auckland Haemophilia Centre during 2001.

Results: A total of 69 males with haemophilia were included in the audit.