From: Costs of screening children for hearing disorders and delivery of hearing aids in China
Beijing | Nanning | Guigang | ||||
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Health care costs | RMB | US$ | RMB | US$ | RMB | US$ |
Cost per child fitted with hearing aid | ||||||
Average fixed costs (a)* | 667 | 87 | 496 | 64 | 635 | 82 |
Average variable costs (b)** | 1,694 | 220 | 1,482 | 192 | 973 | 126 |
Average total health care costs (c = a+b) | 2,361 | 306 | 1,978 | 257 | 1,608 | 209 |
Number of children fitted with hearing aid (d) | 37 | 67 | 44 | |||
Total health care costs (e = c*d) | 87,351 | 11,330 | 132,530 | 17.189 | 70,771 | 9,179 |
Household costs | ||||||
Cost per child fitted with hearing aid (f) | 451 | 59 | 154 | 20 | 145 | 19 |
Number of children fitted with hearing aid (d) | 37 | 67 | 44 | |||
Total household costs (g = f*d) | 16,703 | 2,166 | 10,308 | 1.337 | 6,371 | 826 |
Cost per child fitted with hearing aids | ||||||
Health care perspective (j = e/d) | 2.361 | 306 | 1.978 | 257 | 1.608 | 209 |
Societal perspective (k = (e+g)/d) | 2.812 | 365 | 2.132 | 277 | 1.753 | 227 |