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Table 1 Volumes included in the economic evaluation

From: The effectiveness of substitution of hospital ward care from medical doctors to physician assistants: a study protocol

Volume

Unit

During hospital stay at the included ward *

 

Length of hospital stay

Number of days

Non-elective transfer to ICU

Number of days

Resource use:

 

Surgery

Type of surgery

Medication

Frequency, dose and type of medicine

Laboratory tests

Frequency and type of blood test

Radiographic imaging

Frequency and type of radiographic imaging

Scopic tests

Frequency and type of scopic test

Blood components

Number of units

Consultation with health care suppliers‡

Number of consultations

Medical ward staff:

 

Hospitalists

Working hours per week hospitalist

Supervision by medical specialist

Number of hours supervision per week

During the first month after discharge †

 

Non-elective presentation at emergency department after discharge

Number of presentations at emergency department

Non-elective readmission

Number of days

Non-elective visit to GP

Number of visits to GP post

 

Number of visits by GP at patient’s home

 

Number of visits to GP

 

Number of telephone contacts with GP

Required nursing home care

Number of hours per week

Required domestic home care

Number of hours per week

Productivity loss

Hours per week

  1. Abbreviations: ICU Intensive Care Unit, GP General Practitioner.
  2. *Assessed by extraction of patient medical records.
  3. †Assessed by patient questionnaires one month after discharge.
  4. ‡e.g. medical specialist, physiotherapist, dietician, diabetes nurse, occupational therapist, medical social work, psychologist.