Table 5 Diet costs
From: A cost management model for hospital food and nutrition in a public hospital
Activity | Diet | Indirect Costs (US$) | Number of meals | Indirect unit costs (US$ per month) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Group 1 | Full diet | $ 20,520 | 23,708 | 0.87 |
Group 2 | Soft-food diet, no-salt soft-food diet, low-fat diet | $ 184,032 | 212,630 | 0.87 |
Group 3 | Low-potassium soft-food diet, no-salt low-potassium soft-food diet | $ 1,495 | 1,790 | 0.83 |
Group 4 | No-residue soft diet | $ 6,227 | 7,456 | 0.84 |
Group 5 | Diabetic diet, no-salt diabetic diet, Giovanetti diabetic diet | $ 40,964 | 47,866 | 0.86 |
Group 6 | Low potassium no-salt diabetic diet | $ 624 | 746 | 0.84 |
Group 7 | No-residue diabetic diet, Low-potassium Giovanetti diet, No-salt low-potassium Giovanetti diet | $ 1,370 | 1,642 | 0.83 |
Group 8 | Carbohydrate diet, carbohydrate no-salt diet, carbohydrate porridge, Carbohydrate no-salt porridge | $ 2,390 | 2,834 | 0.84 |
Group 9 | Porridge, no-salt porridge, no-residue porridge, no-salt no-residue porridge, semi-liquid porridge | $ 43,157 | 51,592 | 0.84 |
Group 10 | Diabetic porridge, no-salt diabetic porridge | $ 9,839 | 11,780 | 0.84 |
Group 11 | No-residue diabetic porridge | $ 383 | 448 | 0.85 |
Group 12 | Giovaneti diet, No-salt Giovaneti diet, Giovanetti porridge, No-salt Giovanetti porridge | $ 1,744 | 2,090 | 0.83 |
Group 13 | Low-calorie diet | $ 374 | 448 | 0.84 |
Group 14 | Liquid, no-salt liquid | $ 25,140 | 29,376 | 0.86 |
Group 15 | Pension | $ 6,361 | 7,604 | 0.84 |
Group 16 | Group 16: Adult patient breakfast, pediatric patient breakfast | $ 57,788 | 745,920 | 0.08 |