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Table 2 Mean outpatient staff costs and resources used for a six months study period categorized by different health professions.

From: Staff costs of hospital-based outpatient care of patients with cystic fibrosis

Health profession

Average gross labour costs per year (€)

Resources used (minutes)

Unit costs (€)

Mean Costs (€)

Median

SD

Physicians (total)

74.135 (BAT Ib)

91

0.77

70.4

52.1

62

Clinical history and physical examination

 

47

0.77

36.2

25.9

31.6

Consultation on diagnosis and therapy

 

44

0.77

34.2

26.7

37.6

CF nurses (total)

42.730 (KR. III)

75

0.44

32.9

24.3

28.3

Identification of medical conditions

 

18

0.44

8.1

7.2

8.0

Assistance to physician

 

19

0.44

8.4

13.5

13.2

Lung function test

 

12

0.44

5.1

4.4

4.9

Other nursing services

 

25

0.44

11.2

8.1

14.1

Medical assistants (total)

40.833 (BAT Vc)

37

0.42

15.5

9.2

20.7

Preparation of tests

 

6

0.42

2.4

3.2

9.3

Prescriptions and certificates

 

12

0.42

4.9

3.2

8.6

Accounting

 

20

0.42

8.3

3.0

17.0

Dietitians (total)

50.007 (BAT IVb)

26

0.52

13.7

18.2

15.4

Nutrition consultation

 

18

0.52

9.4

13.0

11.6

Information, documentation, organization

 

8

0.52

4.3

5.2

5.2

Physiotherapists (total)

46.222 (BAT Vb)

20

0.48

9.8

9.3

16.0

Physiotherapy

 

18

0.48

8.6

7.6

15.2

Information, documentation, organization

 

3

0.48

1.2

2.1

1.5

Total

 

250

 

142.3

122.3

100.5