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Table 1 Summary statistics of device types included in the analysis

From: Maintenance versus replacement of medical equipment: a cost-minimization analysis among district hospitals in Nepal

   

1

2

3

4

5

6

Devices total

Devices per HF

Total value (I$ [PPP], 2016)

Number of Servicesa

Corrective Maintenance°

Device Lifetime

Mean

SD

1

Laboratory equipment

      
 

a

Analyzer

11

0.6

1.13

292,169

55.64

5

7.5

b

Centrifuge

53

2.9

1.08

125,785

(Analyzed in laboratoryb)

41

9.0

c

Microscope

41

2.3

1.07

311,377

19

10.0

2

Monitoring

      
 

a

ECG

21

1.2

0.79

247,203

0.19

14

8.0

3

Ultrasound imaging

50

2.8

1.07

2,230,901

5.39

9

10.0

4

X-ray imaging

47

2.6

1.54

6,065,638

9.06

73

8.0

 

Total

 

223

12.4

 

9,273,072

70.28

161

 
  1. Notes: Numbers for hospitals included into our costing study. Abbreviations: ecg, electrocardiogram. aPer 1,000 inhabitants, per year. Average values over 2010/11 till 2013/14 Health Management Information System rounds. bNumber of cases examined in the laboratory using one or more of analyzer, centrifuge, or microscope. °Total number of corrective maintenance visits over six rounds. Data sources: Devices total and Devices per HF, Health Management Information System; Total value, Consultant; Number of Services and Corrective Maintenance, HMIS; Device Lifetime, engineering literature [12, 13]
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