Treating patients with opioid overdose at a primary care emergency outpatient clinic: a cost-minimization analysis

Table. 2 Expected costs for treating a patient with opioid overdose

Oslo Accident and Emergency Outpatient Clinic				Drammen Hospital
	Expected costEUR	Low valueEUR	High valueEUR		Expected costEUR	Low valueEUR	High valueEUR
Personnel				Personnel
Triage nurse	3	2	7	Nurse 1	48	38	60
Observation nurse	51	39	65	Nurse 2	48	38	60
Registrar	37	23	53	Intern	40	28	54
Senior registrar	6	3	12	Senior registrar	50	35	65
Sum	97	67	137	Sum	186	139	239
Test/treatment				Test/treatment
Glucose	16	15	16	Blood tests^a	66	66	67
CRP	1	1	2	Arterial blood gas	27	24	30
ECG	1	1	2	ECG	40	37	42
CT head scan	5	3	7	CT head scan	34	26	47
Naloxone	1	1	1	Naloxone	5	4	5
Sum	24	21	28	Flumazenil	8	6	9
				Ringer acetate	3	2	3
				Sum	183	165	203
				Intensive care unit	243	125	417
Total costs	121	88	165	Total costs	612	429	859

Low/high value: Lowest/highest achievable value given the assumptions
CRP: C-reactive protein; CT: computed tomography; ECG: electrocardiogram, EUR: European euro
^aBattery of blood tests shown in Additional file 1: Table S1

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