Table 1 Sources of data and apportioning statistics for Pediatric Intensive care unit type of data
From: Cost analysis of pediatric intensive care: a low-middle income country perspective
Source of data | Form of data | Method used to analyse/estimate annual cost | Allocation criteria | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Non Recurrent/Capital items | ||||
Building/Space | Record review (maps), facility, observation | Maps | Estimated the floor size of constructed area multiplied with local commercial rental price | Record taken from civil engineering department of tertiary hospital and shared areas apportioned on the basis of number of patients |
Equipment | Record review (stock register), facility observation | Stock registers | Annualization factor multiplied with purchase price plus annual maintenance cost | Equipment costs were designated by the centre |
Recurrent items | ||||
Human Resource | Record review, Interview, Facility, observation | Pay slips, on call books | Salary multiplied with the proportion of time spent in a year on PICU care services | Most of the human resources were providing full time of their duty to PICU care except some nursing officers and on call doctors for whom apportioning was done on the basis of time allocated to PICU care |
Medicines and consumables | Record review | Stock register | Annual amount of drugs/consumables and price data | Amount of medicines and consumables was taken separately for PICU |
Other consumables (stationary) | Record review | Stock register | Annual amount of consumables and price data | Amount of other consumables was taken separately for PICU |
Diagnostics | Record review of cases | Investigations charge slips | User fee multiplied with a factor (3.04) | Diagnostic costs were designated by the centre |
Overheads | ||||
Electricity | Record review | Monthly electricity bills | Annual consumption of electricity in PICU | Apportioning was done on the basis of floor area of PICU |
Water | Record review | Monthly water bills | Annual consumption of water in PICU | Apportioning was done on the basis of floor area of PICU |
Annual maintenance (overall) | Record review | Stock register | Annual amount spent on consumption | Apportioning was done on the basis of floor area of PICU |
Sanitation | Record review | Stock register | Annual amount spent on consumption | Amount of sanitary items was taken separately for PICU |
Dietetics | Record review | Stock register | Annual volume of diets | Amount of diets consumed was taken separately for PICU |