Table 2.

Estimation of average unit costs per bed-day and per outpatient visit in a public hospital in Malaysia, 2009

Item and type of hospital	Estimated % of beds by hospital type*	Unit cost (2005 US$)	Ratio: cost of hospital type:tertiary hospital	Unit cost per bed-day (2009 US$)
Per bed-day
Primary-level hospital	20	32.74	0.56	147.84
Secondary-level hospital	30	42.72	0.73	192.89
Tertiary-level hospital	50	58.35	1.00	263.45
Average cost per bed-day				219.16
Per outpatient visit
Primary-level hospital	20	11.46	0.48	25.23
Secondary-level hospital	30	16.26	0.68	35.54
Tertiary-level hospital	50	24.05	1.00	52.58
Average cost per outpatient visit				41.96

^*Estimates of the distribution of beds by facility type were derived during the workshop. Estimations were made by using data from Suaya and others⁷ World Health Organization–CHOICE.⁴⁴