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