Table 1 Cost categories and sources of applied unit costs
From: Cost analysis of breast cancer: a comparison between private and public hospitals in Iran
Sector | Service / Goods | Data source | Units | Monetary values (unit costs) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Surgery costs | Operating room consumables & equipment, Operating room medication, physician (surgeon) work, anaesthetic | Medical records | Relative value unit/ Current Procedural Terminology | Medical tariffs |
Hoteling costs | Cost of non-physician human resources, depreciation, repairs and maintenance, food, energy, other goods and services not included in the billing separately | Medical records | Days of hospital stay | Reimbursement schedule |
Diagnostic costs | Electrocardiography (ECG ), pathology, consulting | Medical records | Quantity | Reimbursement schedule |
Visit Costs | Visit in hospital | Medical records | Quantity | Reimbursement schedule |
Medication costs | Medications that are recorded with a separate title in hospital billing codes | Medical records | Quantity | Reimbursement schedule |
Other hospitalization costs | Intravenous chemotherapy cost, cost of faculty members, mastectomy cost, Forensic medicine cost, hospital cost | Medical records | Quantity | Reimbursement schedule |
Outpatient diagnostic costs | Screening mammography, diagnostic mammography, ultrasonography, breast MRI | Questionnaire | Quantity | Reimbursement schedule |
Chemotherapy costs | Manpower cost, drug cost | Questionnaire | Quantity | Reimbursement schedule |
Radiotherapy costs | Manpower cost, equipment cost | Questionnaire | Quantity | Reimbursement schedule |
Outpatient visit costs | Physician office visit | Questionnaire | Quantity | Reimbursement schedule |
Other outpatient costs | Physiotherapy cost, Injection cost, over-the-counter medication price, prescription medication cost, paying extra cost to the surgeon, cost of caregivers, vitamin cost | Questionnaire | Quantity | Reimbursement schedule |
Commuting and food costs | Costs that patients and caregivers incurred due to commuting to treatment centres | Questionnaire | Quantity | Consumer price |
Accommodation costs | (costs that patients and caregivers incurred due to residing in hotel or hostel for receiving services in other cities) | Questionnaire | Quantity | Consumer price |
The cost of missed workdays (patient) | Productivity losses resulting from the disease | Questionnaire | Days | The current average wage in the country |
The cost of missed workdays (family) | Productivity losses of caregivers for patient care | Questionnaire | Days | The current average wage in the country |
The cost of premature death | Productivity loss due to premature death | Questionnaire | Years | The current average wage in the country |