Unit cost of healthcare services at 200-bed public hospitals in Myanmar: what plays an important role of hospital budgeting?

Table 3 Unit cost of outpatient departments and intermediate cost centres at Pyinmanar General Hospital (PMN GH) and Magway Teaching Hospital (MTH) in 2015–2016

Cost center	Unit	PMN GH			MTH
		Number of services	Unit cost		Number of services	Unit cost
		Number of services	Kyats	USD	Number of services	Kyats	USD
Dental	Case	1352	22,630	22.0	2638	33,451	35.5
OPD^a	Visit	59,882	14,882	14.5	26,683	23,059	22.4
General OPD^a	Visit				5734	28,691	27.9
Specialist OPD^a	Visit				23,122	21,287	20.7
PM & R^b	Case	121	41,345	40.2	923	26,064	25.4
Operation theatre
Major operation	Case	1319	277,519	269.9	2761	272,639	265.2
Minor operation	Case	1799	55,504	53.9	982	54,528	53.04
Radiology
X-ray	Case	10,502	14,325	13.9	6944	147,609	143.6
Ultrasound	Case	5671	28,650	27.9
Laboratory
Laboratory test	Test	21,740	3988	3.9	71,325	673	0.7
Blood transfusion	Unit	2260	25,577	24.9	3308	7814	7.6

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