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Table 4 Unit costs of inpatient hospital days per specialty

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

 

Cost per inpatient day (JODs)

 

Speciality

MOH

RMS

UHs

Average

Orthopaedic

169.8

161.1

168.1

163.7

General and specialized surgery

282.3

217.5

215.4

242.7

Internal Medicine

238.4

265.1

245.1

253.8

Paediatrics

240.8

280.1

286.4

265.9

ENT

220.3

392.1

359.5

328.4

Neonatal care

365.1

417.8

235.1

342.2

Ophthalmology

322.2

340.0

384.2

352.6

OB/GYN

320.3

419.1

342.1

362.6

ICU/CCU

327.8

413.9

398.7

377.8

  1. ENT Ear, Nose and Throat, ICU/CCU Intensive Care Unit/Cardiac Care Unit, OB/GYN Obstetrics and Gynaecology, MOH Ministry of Health, RMS Royal Medical Services, UJH University of Jordan hospital