Figure 1

Incremental per-case costs and their components, by service delivery mode and approach. Note: Costs reflect the resources required to provide a day of surgery and includes staff’s set-up and wait time. These estimates are derived from 246 T&M observations. *NRHS outreach includes approximately 10% mobile. †Transportation assumes $0.37 per km, including fuel, maintenance, depreciation, insurance (NRHS records); and compensation of personnel time in transit.