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. 2020 Feb 6;37(3):1218–1232. doi: 10.1007/s12325-020-01241-0

Table 1.

Income, costs and savings captured in the resource impact model

Cost category Cost components
Annual fixed staff costs Medical admin staff
Consultant
Staff nurse
Annual variable ancillary and diagnostic test costs Full blood count
Renal function
Transferrin saturation
Serum ferritin
C-reactive protein
Giving set/cannula/dressing
IV iron costs IV iron (FCM, IIM, IS, or LMWID)
Annual savings arising from correction of pre-operative anemia Reduction in ICU stay
Reduction in ward stay (elective admissions)
Reduction in ward stay (non-elective admissions)
Potential blood saving per patient (standard red cells)
Annual savings via reduced hospital readmission rate (within 30 days)
Clinic income Public patient day case admission
Private patient day case admission
Private patient IV iron charge
Private patient billing for materials and laboratory costs
Private patient billing for consultant costs

FCM ferric carboxymaltose, IIM iron isomaltoside 1000, ICU intensive care unit, IS iron sucrose, IV intravenous, LMWID low molecular weight iron dextran