Hospital unit costs in Jordan: insights from a country facing competing health demands and striving for universal health coverage

Table 3 Unit costs of hospital services per provider in Jordan

Unit costs (JDs)	MOH	RMS	UHs	Average^a
Cost per admission	557	914	740	782.3
Cost per inpatient day	175	277	230	236.6
Cost per bed day	119	207	162	172.9
Cost per outpatient visit	24	71	62	58.4
Cost per operation	402	548	399	449.6
Cost per emergency room visit	22	26	47	31.8

^aThe average unit costs of the three sets of providers were pooled, dividing the total expenditures of the three sets of providers for producing a service over the total number of services produced across the three sets of providers

ISSN: 2191-1991