Table IV.

Pre-operative costs in euro.

	Group
	G1	G2	G3
Patient admission time
Medical time (10 min)	6	6	6
Paramedical time (10 min)	2	2	2
Pre-operative exams
Routine blood screenings	126	126	126
Extra blood screenings	36	113	102
Urinalysis	3	3	3
Chest X-ray	45	45	45
ECG	20	20	20
Paramedical time (15 min)	4	4	4
Pre-operative evaluations from various professionals
Head and neck surgeon	22	11	11
Anaesthesiologist (20 min)	11	11	11
Nurse	9	4	6
Specific additional preoperative assessments	6	53	6
Other costs
15% direct and indirect costs	43	60	51
Total	333	458	393