Table 1.

Unit Costs of the Hospital Authority Services and Medications15, 16, 17

Services	Cost to patients (US$)	Cost to Healthcare Provider (US$)
A&E attendance	12.9	103
SOPC	12.9 for the first attendance, 7.7 per subsequent attendance	117
GOPC	5.8	37.4
Family medicine clinic	7.7	111
Inpatient (per day)	6.5 admission fee, plus 12.9 per day	465
Blood coagulation test	0	55.5
Medications
Pradaxa (dabigatran etexilate)	2.3 for 75 mg, 2.4 for 110 mg, 2.5 for 150 mg	1.7 for all doses
Warfarin	1.3 per visit	0.03 for 1 mg, 0.03 for 3 mg, 0.04 for 5 mg
Famotidine	1.3 per visit	0.008 for 20 mg, 0.02 for 40 mg
Pantoprazole	1.3 per visit	0.13 for 20 mg, 0.11 for 40 mg
Esomeprazole	1.3 per visit	0.5 for 20 mg, 0.9 for 40 mg
Prochlorperazine 5 mg	1.3 per visit	0.014
Magnesium trisilicate mixture 500 mL	1.3 per visit	1.94
Hypromellose eyedrops 10 mL	1.3 per visit	0.26
Zolpidem 10 mg	1.3 per visit	0.11
Paracetamol 500 mg	1.3 per visit	0.004
Tramadol 50 mg	1.3 per visit	0.04
Heparin injection	0	1.37
Fresh frozen plasma	0	N/A
Red blood cells	0	N/A
Procedures
Colonoscopy	0 (local citizen)	1316

Abbreviations: A&E, accident and emergency; GOPC, general outpatient clinic; SOPC, specialist outpatient clinic.