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Table 4 Depreciation and repair costs for cash and smartcard billing services

From: Incremental analysis of the reengineering of an outpatient billing process: an empirical study in a public hospital

  

Cash billing

Smartcard billing

 

Cost items

Cost

Depreciation life (yr)

Activity time (min)

Amount (NT$)

Cost

Depreciation life (yrs)

Activity time (min)

Amount (NT$)

Equipment

Server

107,242

5

0.93

0.21

107,242

5

0.75

0.17

 

Electronic draft capture

    

23,183

5

0.75

0.04

 

Expansion card

680

5

0.93

0

680

5

0.75

0

 

Network cable

90

5

0.93

0

90

5

0.75

0

 

Screen

12,000

5

0.93

0.02

12,000

5

0.75

0.02

 

Keyboard

210

5

0.93

0

210

5

0.75

0

 

Printer

8,600

5

0.93

0.01

8,600

5

0.75

0.01

 

Numbering system

9,000

5

0.93

0.02

    
 

Chairs

1,050

5

8.05

0.02

    
 

Card reader

2,600

5

0.93

0.01

    

Sum

    

0.29

   

0.24

Building

  

4.18 m2

8.05

0.51

 

5.60 m2

0.75

0.06

Repair

    

0.11

   

0.05

Total

    

0.92

   

0.35