Table 1.

Output and unit cost of medical services

Output	Infectious Diseases & Beliaghata General Hospital	B C Roy Memorial Hospital for Children
Number of beds	560	250
Admission/day	67	24
Occupancy rate	34%	75%
Average length (days) of stay	2.89	7.98
Total hospital cost (acquisition)	1,356,843	1,335,569
Cost per outpatient visit (US$*)	0.37	0.69
Cost per inpatient day (US$*)	15.27	10.80

* Based on 2004 prices; US$ 1=Indian Rs 44