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. 2014 Oct 1;14(12):1–24.

Table 10:

Province-Wide Costs and Economic Benefits Associated with Each Repositioning Schedule

Turning Schedule 2-Hour 3-Hour 4-Hour
Daily cost of nursing staff time ($) 832,146 554,764 416,073
Annual cost of nursing staff time ($) 303,733,268 202,488,845 151,866,634
Daily cost of supplies ($) 95,525 86,487 77,685
Annual cost of supplies ($) 34,866,501 31,567,576 28,355,051
Total daily economic benefits ($) N/A 286,420 433,913
Total annual economic benefits ($) N/A 104,543,348 158,378,085

Abbreviation: N/A, not available.