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. 2019 Jun 25;20:231. doi: 10.1186/s12882-019-1421-z

Table 2.

Line Items, sources and adjustments

Line Items Components Source and adjustment of $ values
Salary
 Nursing PCA /Admin staff Overtime, penalty rates, higher duties, leave oncosts (superannuation), training, conference, workers compensations, recruitment, security clearances, relocation expenses and Agency/labour hire fees Ledger – increase by 9% based on published annual salary increases [47]
Variable costs
 Operational Stores Stationary, paper towels, cleaning products etc. Ledger - HPI
 Treatments Treatment cost for dialysis (machine, R&M, water testing and consumables) 2017 cost/tr provided by hospital
 Food Services Patient meals, snacks plus high protein drinks 2017 cost/tr provided by hospital
 Linen Sheets, towels, patient gowns 2017 cost/kg/tr
 Medical Stores Medical consumables such as dialysis packs, gases, syringes, gauze, tapes etc 2017 cost/tr provided by hospital
 Pharmacy All dialysis drugs (saline, iron, heparin, lignocaine etc) EPO and outpatient medications 2017 PBS DPMQ costs
Fixed costs
 Information Technology Phones, computers, internet, paging system, email Ledger - HPI
 Patient transport Combination of taxi vouchers, rental/lease of mini bus and driver salaries Ledger - HPI
 Staff Transport Leased vehicles, car hire, taxi vouchers and fuel and flights Ledger - HPI
 Cleaning Cleaning services Ledger – average cost/square metre - HPI
 Freight Intra-Territory and interstate transport costs Ledger - HPI
 Waste removal Contract costs Ledger – average cost/kg/tr HPI
 Essential Services Power, water and sewage 2017 cost/pt./tr provided by hospital
 Facility R&M Property/ground maintenance, pest eradication, Fire and Security services, etc. Ledger - HPI
 Depreciation/Leasing Plant eg generator and facility leasing Ledger - HPI (Leasing substituted for capital)
Medical Nephrologists, Registrars, visiting specialists – salaries, sessional fees, travel Ledger - Published annual salary increases [47]
Allied Health and Training Social worker, Dietitian, Aboriginal Liaison Officers, nurse educators – salaries and travel Ledger - Published annual salary increases [47]
Pathology Total scheduled number and type of pathology tests in one year 2017 - MBS service fee per item
Imaging Radiology National Efficient Price 2013–14 - HPI
Oncosts Corporate support National Efficient Price 2013–14 - HPI
Capital depreciation Construction costs for urban, rural, remote and relocatable facilities

Annuity factor [29] applied

Life span - 40 yrs. Urban, 30 yrs. rural and remote and 25 yrs. relocatable facilities

DPMQ Dispensed Price Maximum Quantity, EPO erythropoietin, HPI Health Price Index, kg kilogram, MBS Medicare Benefits Schedule, PBS Pharmaceutical Benefit Scheme, PCA Patient Care Assistant, pt Patient, R&M Repairs and maintenance, tr Treatment