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Table 1 Costs included in the economic evaluation in 2010/2011 $AUD

From: Are weekend inpatient rehabilitation services value for money? An economic evaluation alongside a randomized controlled trial with a 30 day follow up

 

Data source

Unit

Unit cost

Itemized rehabilitation costs (excluding acute inpatient care)

   

  PT in rehabilitation

   

  PT Monday to Friday service

EBA [20] plus 25% loading

Per minute

$0.68

  PT Saturday service

EBA [20] plus 50% loading

Per minute

$0.82

  PT non salaries and wages (equipment)

PT 2010 health service budgeta

Per day

$1.79

  PT capital costs (space)

Health service

Per day

$3.51

  OT in rehabilitation

   

  OT Monday to Friday service

EBA [20] plus 25% loading

Per minute

$0.68

  OT Saturday service

EBA [20] plus 50% loading

Per minute

$0.82

  OT non salaries and wages (equipment)

OT 2010 health service budgetα

Per day

$1.79

  OT capital costs (space)

Health service

Per day

$3.51

  Other allied health cost

Health service

Per day

$69.39

  Nursing salaries and wages

Health service

Per day

$410.13

  Other costsb

Health service

Per admission

Variable

  Health service capital cost (space)

Health service

Per day

$7.03

Acute ward costs during rehabilitation, total

Health service

Per admission

Variable

Readmissions 30 days post discharge cost, total

Health service

Per admission

Variable

  1. aobtained from Eastern Health Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy budgets for the 2010/2011 financial year; bcoronary care, intensive care and emergency departments, imaging, surgical, non-surgical, pathology, pharmacy, prosthetics, theatre and other health service costs, EBA, enterprise bargaining agreement; OT, occupational therapy; PT, physiotherapy.