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Table 4 Food supply expenses of the participating wards

From: Effect of changed organisation of nutritional care of Danish medical inpatients

 

Control period

Intervention

Category\Ward

I

II

III

I

II

III

Monthly food consumption, EURO

7188

2840

4014

3709

4529

3606

Monthly number of bed days

1,168

367

578

726

726

718

Expenses per bed day, EURO

6.16

7.85

6.95

5.11

6.24

5.03

Change in expenses, %,

   

- 17

- 17

- 27

Expenses per bed day on average, EURO

7.0

5.5

  1. Food supply expenses of participating wards I, II and III before and during the intervention. The control period before the intervention data is an average of October and November 2003. During the intervention data is an average of October and November 2004. Source: Data printout from the Office of Economic Affairs and Production Kitchen, Bispebjerg Hospital.