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. 2021 Apr 21;41(5):437–448. doi: 10.1007/s40261-021-01028-3

Table 1.

Model for the calculation of the daily cost of hospital accommodation for one bed place—Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine Unit—Inpatient Ward (year 2018)

Variables Values
Direct costs (€)
 Non-health-care-related consumer goodsa 6117
 Personnel costs 2,274,308
 Health-care services and management-related costsb 380,761
 Depreciations and provisions 656
 Total 2,661,842
Indirect costs (€)
 Department common costsc 47,013
 Hospital common costsd 198,067
 Total 237,244
Total Direct + Indirect costs for hospital accommodation (€) 2,899,085
Inpatients bed places (no.) 22
Unit patient-days capacity of hospitalization per year (no.) 7300
Daily cost of hospital accommodation for one bed place (€)e 361

aConsumer goods including food, laundry, and cleaning materials, printers and computers with related IT-services, maintenance services, and others

bIncluding concierge, cleaning, laundry, and catering services, bursar office, collection and transportation of hazardous and non-hazardous special waste, HVAC (heating, ventilation and air conditioning) service, general maintenance, leasing rental and other financial services

cPharmacy, warehouse, others

dDirectorate, general offices, staff offices, management areas, and others

eDaily cost of hospital accommodation: [(Total Direct + Indirect costs for hospital accommodation)/Unit patient-days capacity of hospitalization per year)]