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Table 1 Input and output variables used in the analysis

From: Efficiency and management factors: finding the balance in Thalassaemia care centres

Variables

Unit

Data source

Inputs

 Number of FTE doctors (specialists and medical officers)

Headcount

Survey

 Number of FTE nurses

Headcount

Survey

 Day-care beds

Number

Survey

 Drug costs

MYR

Survey

Outputs

 Total blood transfusions

Frequency

MTR

 Number of patients achieving blood target level of ferritin

Percentage

MTR

  1. Notation: FTE, denotes full-time equivalent; MYR, denotes Malaysian Ringgit; MTR, denotes Malaysia Thalassaemia Registry.