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Table 2 Base case budget costs, parameters, treatment units

From: Budget impact analysis of a multifaceted nurse-led intervention to reduce indwelling urinary catheter use in New South Wales Hospitals

1. Costs

a. Catheterisations

($)

 

Catheterisations (Catheter Packs)a

$8.14

 

b. Urinary Infection

Urine Tests (pre CAUTI)b

$35.23

 

Antibiotic Administrations (pre and post CAUTI)c

$19.48

 

2. Estimated Annual Parameter Ratesd

 

Pre-Interventione

Post-Interventionf

 

(%)

(%)

Catheterisations (per patient)

11.97%

10.27%

Urine Tests (Per catheterised patient)

43.46%

45.19%

Antibiotic Administrations (per catheterised patient)

7.60%

7.76%

  1. aNo-CAUTI Research records
  2. bMBS Items 69333 and 73930
  3. cBased on pooled antibiotic data from Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme
  4. dWeighted for distribution differences between Metropolitan and Non-Metropolitan hospitals for No-CAUTI Trial and all public hospitals in NSW
  5. eAs observed in No-CAUTI trial data
  6. fModelled estimates of averages for twelve month post-intervention period
  7. All Costs inflated to 2019-2020 prices
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