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. 2024 Apr 1;14:25. doi: 10.1186/s13561-024-00501-x

Table 4.

Unit cost for the hospital’s activity centers (aggregated by levels)

Type of Activity Level Unit of measurement Unit cost without depreciation Unit cost with the depreciation
Surgery hospitalization Provincial hospital hospitalization day $58,49 $74,93
surgery hospitalization Regional hospital hospitalization day $73,43 $83,15
surgery hospitalization University Hospital hospitalization day $79,41 $88,03
Medicine hospitalization Provincial hospital hospitalization day $61,14 $68,41
Medicine hospitalization Regional hospital hospitalization day $74,69 $82,06
Medicine hospitalization University Hospital hospitalization day $67,64 $74,62
Maternity Provincial hospital hospitalization day $66,48 $73,25
Maternity Regional hospital hospitalization day $81,41 $91,63
Maternity University hospital hospitalization day $74,33 $84,69
Neonatology hospitalization Provincial hospital hospitalization day $38,69 $42,50
Neonatology hospitalization Regional hospital hospitalization day $81,13 $93,47
Neonatology hospitalization University hospital hospitalization day $127,26 $133,29
Pediatrics hospitalization Provincial hospital hospitalization day $38,02 $43,47
Pediatrics hospitalization Regional hospital hospitalization day $91,08 $102,03
Pediatrics hospitalization University hospital hospitalization day $96,71 $103,43
Psychiatric hospitalization Provincial hospital hospitalization day $27,44 $29,96
Psychiatric hospitalization Regional hospital hospitalization day $25,99 $30,13
Psychiatric hospitalization University hospital hospitalization day $59,11 $62,68
ICU Provincial hospital hospitalization day $149,75 $183,06
ICU Regional hospital hospitalization day $319,67 $465,40
ICU University hospital hospitalization day $394,83 $453,94
Emergency Provincial hospital Consultation $14,15 $15,53
Emergency Regional hospital Consultation $13,86 $16,59
Emergency University hospital Consultation $64,92 $69,86
Outpatient consultation Provincial hospital Consultation $29,27 $30,72
Outpatient consultation Regional hospital Consultation $28,72 $29,72
Outpatient consultation University hospital Consultation $39,69 $42,71
Radiology Provincial hospital Unit Z $1,00 $1,49
Radiology Regional hospital Unit Z $0,57 $0,92
Radiology University hospital Unit Z $0,44 $0,52
Laboratory Provincial hospital Unit B $0,13 $0,17
Laboratory Regional hospital Unit B $0,08 $0,11
Laboratory University hospital Unit B $0,07 $0,07
Operating theater Provincial hospital Unit K $6,75 $7,57
Operating theater Regional hospital Unit K $5,76 $8,20
Operating theater University hospital Unit K $2,59 $3,07
Hemodialysis Provincial hospital session $56,21 $64,92
Hemodialysis Regional hospital session $62,07 $73,31
Hemodialysis University hospital session $182,68 $186,15