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Table 1 Cost-generating items and unit costs

From: Costs and quality of life of small-incision open cholecystectomy and laparoscopic cholecystectomy - an expertise-based randomised controlled trial

Cost item

Unit cost, USD

Cost category

Preoperative ERC

1216.00

Other HCC

Perioperative cholangiogram

295.79

Op cost

Material costs/operation

 

Op cost

LC

481.38

 

LC converted to OC

559.51

 

SIOC

419.67

 

SIOC converted to OC

419.67

 

Surgeons costs/min

4.27

Op cost

Anaesthesia cost/min

2.64

Op cost

Other staff costs/min

3.66

Op cost

Facilities costs/min

1.60

Op cost

Fixed costs operating staff/operation

757.11

Op cost

Recovery unit costs/operation

267.37

Other HCC

Secondary cholangiogram costs

197.14

Other HCC

Postoperative ERC cost

1216.00

Other HCC

Hospitalisation cost/day

817.30

Other HCC

Readmission cost/day

817.30

Other HCC

Sick leave costs men/day

210.67

Indirect costs

Sick leave costs women/day

181.18

Indirect costs

  1. Other HCC other health care costs, Op cost cost generated by operation, LC laparoscopic cholecystectomy, OC open cholecystectomy, SIOC small-incision open cholecystectomy