TABLE 3.

Capacity cost rates of ED cost elements ($US/min)

Cost element	Capacity cost rate
Human resources
Nurses	0.77
Nursing assistants	0.50
Clerks	0.42
ED physicians	3.89
Imaging technicians	0.59
Respiratory therapists	0.66
Equipment
X‐ray	0.16
Ultrasound	0.11
CT scan	0.61
Consumables
ED	0.07
Imaging	0.11
Respiratory therapy	0.05
Overhead
ED	0.17
Radiology	0.03
Respiratory therapy department	0.04

Abbreviations: CT, computed tomography; ED, emergency department.