A Micro-costing Model of Neonatal Intensive Care from a Tertiary Indian Unit: Feasibility and Implications for Insurance.
Indian Pediatr
;
2014 Mar; 51(3): 215-217
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in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-170545
ABSTRACT
Objective:
To calculate and compare costs of neonatal intensive care by micro-costing and gross-costing methods.Methods:
The costs of resources of a tertiary care neonatal intensive care unit were estimated by the two methods to arrive at specific costs per diagnosis related categories for 33 neonates followed-up prospectively.Results:
Grosscosting as compared to micro-costing resulted in higher cost per bed (Rs 6315 vs. Rs 4969) and wide variations of costs (-34.8% to +13.4%). Intensity of interventions, relative stay in neonatal intensive care unit compared to the step-down nursery, and total length of hospital admission accounted for these variations.Conclusions:
Estimates based on micro-costing arrived in this study may be used as a starting point in developing assumptions for insurance models covering neonatal intensive care.
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IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Type of study:
Health economic evaluation
Language:
English
Journal:
Indian Pediatr
Year:
2014
Type:
Article
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