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Table 1 Offset Treatment/Procedure Unit Costs

From: Administration of indwelling urinary catheters in four Australian Hospitals: cost-effectiveness analysis of a multifaceted nurse-led intervention

 

Cost per Unit ($)

Catheterisations

  Nurses Labour: Catheterisation*

$27.46

  Catheter Packs ($/pack)

$8.14

Total

$35.60

Treatments

  Urine Specimen Collection/Testing ($/test)

$35.23

  Antibiotic prescriptions

$19.48

  CAUTI – Four Extra Hospital Days)

$7884.00

  *Includes On-Costs and Overhead

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