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Table 7 Predicted service delivery cost per bed-day and outpatient visit for selected countries, using different ratios for drug cost adjustment

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

Country

GDP per capita (I$)

Facility level

Cost per outpatient visit

Cost per inpatient bed day

Mean (with standard drug % share)a

Mean (with lower drug % share)b

Mean (with standard drug % share)a

Mean (with lower drug % share)b

2010 I$

2010 USD

2010 I$

2010 USD

2010 I$

2010 USD

2010 I$

2010 USD

Mozambique

894

1

2.2

1.0

3.7

1.7

    

–

2

2.7

1.2

4.5

2.1

    

–

3

3.1

1.4

5.2

2.4

7.0

3.2

12.9

6.0

–

4

3.2

1.5

5.4

2.5

7.5

3.5

13.5

6.3

–

5

3.2

1.5

5.4

2.5

9.8

4.6

17.4

8.1

Mali

1215

1

4.0

1.5

6.8

2.6

    

–

2

4.8

1.9

8.2

3.2

    

–

3

5.6

2.2

9.5

3.7

10.2

3.9

18.6

7.2

–

4

5.7

2.2

9.7

3.7

10.8

4.2

19.3

7.5

–

5

5.8

2.2

9.9

3.8

14.4

5.6

25.0

9.7

Indonesia

4298

1

15.0

5.7

25.6

9.6

    

–

2

18.5

7.0

31.4

11.8

    

–

3

20.7

7.8

35.2

13.3

46.6

17.6

83.1

31.3

–

4

21.2

8.0

36.1

13.6

48.6

18.3

88.4

33.3

–

5

20.9

7.9

35.6

13.4

63.0

23.7

113.1

42.6

Algeria

8029

1

21.6

7.6

36.8

13.0

    

–

2

25.0

8.9

42.6

15.1

    

–

3

29.5

10.4

50.3

17.8

98.2

34.7

176.3

62.4

–

4

30.6

10.8

52.1

18.5

104.2

36.9

186.4

66.0

–

5

31.5

11.2

53.7

19.0

134.4

47.6

234.2

82.9

Brazil

8795

1

4.8

3.8

8.2

6.5

    

–

2

5.8

4.5

9.8

7.7

    

–

3

5.4

4.2

9.2

7.2

28.0

22.0

51.2

40.3

–

4

7.0

5.5

12.0

9.4

30.2

23.8

52.7

41.6

–

5

6.9

5.5

11.8

9.3

38.0

29.9

67.2

52.9

Romania

14,815

1

27.9

13.5

47.5

22.9

    

–

2

33.8

16.3

57.5

27.8

    

–

3

37.5

18.1

63.8

30.8

202.2

97.7

371.4

179.4

–

4

40.6

19.6

69.2

33.4

210.7

101.7

384.1

185.5

–

5

41.1

19.8

69.9

33.8

272.2

131.5

493.0

238.1

Russian Federation

20,593

1

31.9

16.6

54.3

28.3

    

–

2

38.8

20.2

66.0

34.4

    

–

3

42.4

22.1

72.3

37.6

296.0

154.2

537.4

279.9

–

4

46.2

24.1

78.7

41.0

313.4

163.2

561.3

292.3

–

5

47.3

24.7

80.6

42.0

407.3

212.1

741.0

385.9

United Arab Emirates

56,415

1

77.1

47.9

131.3

81.6

    

–

2

95.9

59.6

163.3

101.5

    

–

3

109.5

68.0

186.4

115.8

719.2

446.8

1275.1

792.2

–

4

108.8

67.6

185.2

115.1

740.8

460.2

1299.2

807.2

–

5

112.6

70.0

191.8

119.2

952.6

591.8

1726.3

1072.5

  1. Costs are estimated per bed day for public health facilities, excluding the cost of drugs. a Standard drug share uses 47.5% assumption for medicines b Lower drug shares were derived from the sample as 10.6% for outpatient care and 5.3% for inpatient care. For definition of levels of care see Box 1. Cost estimates were transformed from I$ to US$ using exchange rates for 2010 available from World Development Indicators (Accessed 19 September 2017)
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