Cost component		Description	Sources
A	Average public cost per week	Costs of care including: pay (management, nursing and support staff) excluding superannuation costs, plus operating expenses to cover minor capital works, general equipment and furniture, training and education costs.	https://www.hse.ie/eng/services/news/media/pressrel/updated-costs-for-public-nursing-homes-announced-by-hse.html [last accessed 21/12/2020]; https://www.hse.ie/eng/services/news/media/pressrel/hse-publishes-cost-of-providing-care-in-public-residential-services-for-older-people.html [last accessed 21/12/2020]; https://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/committee/dail/32/committee_of_public_accounts/submissions/2017/2017-01-19_correspondence-hse-nursing-homes-ireland_en.pdf [last accessed 21/12/2020]
B	Average private charge per week	Agreed maximum price negotiated between each facility and the National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF).	https://www2.hse.ie/file-library/fair-deal/cost-of-voluntary-and-private-nursing-homes.pdf [last accessed 04/11/2020]; personal communication with NTPF, 05/11/2020; C&AG, 2020; NTPF, 2017