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Table 6 Components of direct cost of care per sentinel condition and intervention

From: The costs of delivering emergency care at regional referral hospitals in Uganda: a micro-costing study

 

Single Use Supplies

Reusable Supplies

Medications

Labour

Diagnostics

TOTALS

67%

16%

5%

4%

8%

Proportion of total cost by sentinel condition

 RTI

69%

14%

5%

4%

8%

 PPH

64%

15%

8%

7%

6%

 Asthma

62%

18%

6%

6%

8%

 Pneumonia

64%

18%

3%

4%

11%

 Paediatric diarrhoea

70%

19%

3%

3%

4%

Proportion of total cost by intervention

 Wound closure

69%

15%

3%

7%

6%

 Fracture reduction & splinting

76%

8%

7%

5%

3%

 Haemorrhage Control

57%

12%

5%

4%

22%

 IV fluids

62%

17%

9%

4%

8%

 Oral Rehydration

76%

21%

0%

1%

2%

 Antibiotics

68%

18%

2%

3%

8%

 Oxygen

64%

19%

1%

6%

10%

 Nebulisation

62%

18%

9%

5%

6%

 Analgesia

75%

21%

3%

1%

1%

 Transfusion/blood given

63%

17%

0%

5%

15%

 Oral or Nasal Pharyngeal Airwayf

64%

18%

0%

17%

0%

 Needle decompressionf

70%

19%

0%

11%

0%

 Intubationf

55%

12%

1%

22%

10%

  1. a Single use supplies includes all supplies and equipment which are discarded after one use such as gauze
  2. b Reusable supplies include all supplies and equipment which are used more than once such as stethoscopes, monitors and kidney dishes
  3. c Medications includes all drugs used in treatment
  4. d Labour includes all observed time of care delivered by health care workers
  5. e Diagnostics include all tests and procedures used in identification and treatment such as, radiology and labs
  6. fSmall sample size, therefore results unreliable at intervention level