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Table 3 Predicted cost per bed-day (i) in 2000 I $

From: Econometric estimation of country-specific hospital costs

Country

GDP per capita (I$)

In or out-of-sample

Hospital level

Cost per bed day

    

Mean (I $)

95% uncertainty interval Low

95% uncertainty interval high

SD

Mali

581

Out

I

7.39

5.46

9.80

1.36

   

II

9.64

7.07

12.73

1.74

   

III

13.14

9.58

17.40

2.44

Mozambique

720

Out

I

8.70

6.45

11.43

1.58

   

II

11.35

8.32

15.01

2.03

   

III

15.46

11.31

20.42

2.85

Algeria

1,449

Out

I

14.82

10.95

19.45

2.65

   

II

19.35

14.26

25.45

3.39

   

III

26.34

19.41

34.63

4.72

Indonesia

3,167

Out

I

26.90

19.86

35.19

4.77

   

II

35.12

26.05

46.12

6.11

   

III

47.80

35.38

63.28

8.44

Ecuador

3,260

In

I

27.50

20.30

35.95

4.88

   

II

35.90

26.63

47.17

6.25

   

III

48.87

36.17

64.71

8.63

Romania

3,634

Out

I

29.88

22.05

39.11

5.30

   

II

39.00

28.86

51.25

6.79

   

III

53.09

39.23

70.35

9.37

Greece

6,192

Out

I

44.88

33.02

59.23

8.03

   

II

58.58

43.25

76.84

10.28

   

III

79.73

59.01

104.62

14.10

Russian Federation

8,035

In

I

54.75

40.17

72.43

9.86

   

II

71.48

52.73

94.24

12.62

   

III

97.27

71.79

127.92

17.27

Bahrain

14,159

Out

I

84.41

61.48

112.10

15.52

   

II

110.19

80.27

146.22

19.85

   

III

149.93

110.19

198.97

27.01

United Arab Emirates

20,330

Out

I

111.30

80.27

148.59

20.81

   

II

145.28

105.96

191.58

26.62

   

III

197.66

144.13

263.01

36.09

United Kingdom

24,348

In

I

127.76

91.83

170.79

24.11

   

II

166.77

121.08

221.00

30.85

   

III

226.87

164.90

302.91

41.76

Canada

28,087

Out

I

142.51

102.03

190.22

27.11

   

II

186.02

134.55

247.23

34.69

   

III

253.05

183.16

337.26

46.89

  1. (i)Cost per bed day is estimated for public hospitals with 80% occupancy rate, excluding drug costs and including food costs.