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Table 6 Predicted service delivery cost per bed-day (i) for selected countries (2010 I$)

From: Econometric estimation of WHO-CHOICE country-specific costs for inpatient and outpatient health service delivery

Country (ranked by GDP per capita)

GDP per capita (I$)

Hospital level

Cost per bed day (I$)

Mean

95% uncertainty interval low

95% uncertainty interval high

SD

Mozambique

894

3

6.97

2.74

15.29

3.15

 

4

7.46

2.81

15.58

3.37

 

5

9.76

3.56

21.80

4.62

Mali

1215

3

10.17

4.05

21.49

4.72

 

4

10.78

4.21

22.94

4.99

 

5

14.40

5.45

30.34

6.59

Indonesia

4298

3

46.61

19.03

102.61

21.68

 

4

48.61

19.83

102.41

20.87

 

5

62.97

23.33

139.86

28.97

Algeria

8029

3

98.15

104.21

134.41

35.25

 

4

104.21

134.41

35.25

38.34

 

5

134.41

35.25

38.34

52.49

Ecuador

8795

3

105.79

41.16

215.84

46.98

 

4

113.27

44.88

244.39

53.20

 

5

151.41

61.03

322.49

68.84

Brazil

11,187

3

27.96

11.31

63.05

12.85

 

4

30.18

11.46

63.20

13.44

 

5

37.96

14.63

78.69

16.61

Romania

14,815

3

202.22

79.57

439.38

93.24

 

4

210.68

88.23

466.93

96.38

 

5

272.20

104.03

577.31

123.74

Bahrain

20,339

3

290.75

305.89

400.24

117.36

 

4

305.89

400.24

117.36

118.35

 

5

400.24

117.36

118.35

153.11

Russian Federation

20,593

3

296.04

106.32

648.53

138.93

 

4

313.35

114.96

678.27

154.36

 

5

407.34

153.69

925.76

197.33

Greece

27,545

3

437.22

162.5

943.81

209.06

 

4

441.67

174.11

960.97

196.38

 

5

569.30

226.01

1206.52

260.50

United Kingdom

35,433

3

570.07

217.32

1265.39

267.32

 

4

612.29

218.78

1397.20

299.66

 

5

767.92

289.87

1664.19

367.70

Canada

39,176

3

646.49

237.17

1461.88

299.35

 

4

680.16

266.49

1532.70

317.30

 

5

869.98

331.92

1869.47

403.22

United Arab Emirates

42,180

3

719.15

272.51

1625.10

357.52

 

4

740.80

294.82

1629.96

338.45

 

5

952.57

381.38

2097.89

426.29

United States of America

46,747

3

788.50

293.85

1700.93

381.24

 

4

834.13

318.51

1789.65

375.56

 

5

1093.51

415.16

2426.98

535.63

  1. (i) Cost per bed day is estimated for public hospitals, excluding the cost of drugs but including costs such as personnel, capital and food costs
  2. For definition of levels of care see Box 1
  3. List of countries for which estimates are reported here is the same as was reported in Adams et al. [8], with the addition of Brazil and United States of America, which represent large shares of the data sample
  4. SD standard deviation