Table 6 Cost Comparison between Hospital 1 and 2 for the Medical Consultation Cost Object (Chilean Pesos = CLP)
Activity | HOSPITAL 1 | HOSPITAL 2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cost Driver | Annual Cost (CLP) | % | Annual Cost (CLP) | % | |
Request of medical advice from physician | Time | $ 8.457.972 | 2,0% | $ 7.249.918 | 1,7% |
Medical evaluation | Time | $ 146.054.786 | 34,4% | $ 111.668.897 | 26,3% |
Medical re-evaluation | Time | $ 152.047.070 | 35,8% | $ 116.224.158 | 27,4% |
Take vital signs | Time | $ 29.179.405 | 6,9% | $ 25.041.997 | 5,9% |
Call patient into the examing area | Number of patients | $ 28.583.417 | 6,7% | $ 24.356.080 | 5,7% |
Record indications to the patient | Number of patients | $ 88.170.350 | 20,8% | $ 109.191.496 | 25,7% |
Monitoring of clean laundry stock | Number of patients | $ 3.646.956 | 0,9% | $ 3.574.159 | 0,8% |
Coordinate personnel | Time | $ 7.402.449 | 1,7% | $ 6.309.599 | 1,5% |
Cleaning of the ED | Number of patients | $ 3.114.947 | 0,7% | $ 2.989.540 | 0,7% |
Securty survaillance | Number of patients | $ 5.698.803 | 1,3% | $ 5.044.004 | 1,2% |
Management of the unit | Number of patients | $ 15.089.370 | 3,6% | $ 13.171.222 | 3,1% |
Total Cost | $ 487.445.524 | $ 424.821.069 | |||
Number of medical consultations | 42.262 | 34.628 | |||
Unit cost | $ 11.534 | $ 12.268 | |||