Table 1. Cost headings of elderly patients in the hospital in 2017 (US$*) .
| Cost items | Total cost | Cost per patient | % of the total cost |
| Nursing | 9,954.38 | 34.21 | 0.89 |
| Visiting and consulting services | 9,858.96 | 38.66 | 0.88 |
| Surgical services | 176,983.55 | 702.31 | 15.76 |
| Lab. services | 20,821.32 | 72.30 | 1.85 |
| Imaging services | 23,155.57 | 81.25 | 2.06 |
| Other diagnostic services | 6,411.53 | 26.94 | 0.57 |
| Rehabilitation servic es | 7,154.92 | 34.39 | 0.64 |
| Hoteling | 193,634.44 | 663.13 | 17.24 |
| Medicine | 27,097.98 | 100.7 | 2.41 |
| Consumables | 647,993.26 | 2,242.26 | 57.70 |
*One US dollar = 34 460 Rials