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The costing of operating theatre time in a secondary-level state sector hospital: A quantitative observational study

Author(s) -

Johnson Samuel,

A.R. Reed

Publication year - 2021

Publication title -

south african medical journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.527

H-Index - 57

eISSN - 2078-5135

pISSN - 0256-9574

DOI - 10.7196/samj.2021.v111i6.15345

Subject(s) - activity based costing , workload , observational study , operations management , business , private sector , schedule , process costing , medicine , accounting , economics , economic growth , management , pathology

There is no established costing model for operating theatres (OTs) in South Africa (SA), yet both health sectors have existing charges for OT time: in the state sector, Uniform Patient Fee Schedule (UPFS) rates, and in the private sector, rands per minute (ZAR/min) rates. Understanding the cost of providing the separate components of a health service is important for planning and funding purposes.

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