Table 6 Total cost by diet
From: A cost management model for hospital food and nutrition in a public hospital
Diet | Group | Number of meals | Direct unit costs (US$ per month) | Indirect unit costs (US$ per month) | Total unit cost (US$ per month) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Full diet | 1 | 23,708 | 0.75 | 0.87 | 1.62 |
Soft-food diet | 2 | 141,952 | 0.75 | 0.87 | 1.61 |
No-salt soft-food diet | 2 | 54,872 | 0.75 | 0.87 | 1.61 |
Low-fat diet | 2 | 15,806 | 0.74 | 0.87 | 1.61 |
Low-potassium soft-food diet | 3 | 1,342 | 0.86 | 0.83 | 1.69 |
No-salt low-potassium soft-food diet | 3 | 448 | 0.86 | 0.83 | 1.69 |
No-residue soft diet | 4 | 7,456 | 0.56 | 0.84 | 1.40 |
Diabetic diet | 5 | 16,850 | 0.84 | 0.86 | 1.70 |
No-salt diabetic diet | 5 | 30,270 | 0.84 | 0.86 | 1.70 |
Giovanetti diabetic diet | 5 | 746 | 0.88 | 0.86 | 1.73 |
Low potassium no-salt diabetic diet | 6 | 746 | 0.97 | 0.84 | 1.81 |
No-residue diabetic diet | 7 | 746 | 0.74 | 0.83 | 1.57 |
Low-potassium Giovanetti diet | 7 | 448 | 0.71 | 0.83 | 1.54 |
No-salt low-potassium Giovanetti diet | 7 | 448 | 0.71 | 0.83 | 1.54 |
Carbohydrate diet | 8 | 1,492 | 0.40 | 0.84 | 1.24 |
Carbohydrate no-salt diet | 8 | 596 | 0.40 | 0.84 | 1.24 |
Carbohydrate porridge | 8 | 298 | 0.40 | 0.84 | 1.24 |
Carbohydrate no-salt porridge | 8 | 448 | 0.40 | 0.84 | 1.24 |
Porridge | 9 | 41,452 | 0.48 | 0.84 | 1.31 |
No-salt porridge | 9 | 8,946 | 0.48 | 0.84 | 1.31 |
No-residue porridge | 9 | 448 | 0.50 | 0.84 | 1.33 |
No-salt no-residue porridge | 9 | 448 | 0.50 | 0.84 | 1.33 |
Semi-liquid porridge | 9 | 298 | 0.45 | 0.84 | 1.28 |
Diabetic porridge | 10 | 6,412 | 0.62 | 0.84 | 1.46 |
No-salt diabetic porridge | 10 | 5,368 | 0.62 | 0.84 | 1.46 |
No-residue diabetic porridge | 11 | 448 | 0.54 | 0.85 | 1.39 |
Giovaneti diet | 12 | 448 | 0.60 | 0.83 | 1.43 |
No-salt Giovaneti diet | 12 | 746 | 0.60 | 0.83 | 1.43 |
Giovanetti porridge | 12 | 448 | 0.61 | 0.83 | 1.44 |
No-salt Giovanetti porridge | 12 | 448 | 0.61 | 0.83 | 1.44 |
Low-calorie diet | 13 | 448 | 0.56 | 0.84 | 1.40 |
Liquid diet | 14 | 28,928 | 0.09 | 0.86 | 0.95 |
No-salt liquid diet | 14 | 448 | 0.09 | 0.86 | 0.95 |
Pension | 15 | 7,604 | 0.84 | 0.84 | 1.67 |
Adult patient breakfast | 16 | 647,476 | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.15 |
Pediatric patient breakfast | 16 | 98,444 | 0.10 | 0.08 | 0.18 |