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Table 1 Unit costs associated with intervention strategies in Beijing hospitals for the 2008–09 and 2009–10 influenza seasons

From: Cost-effectiveness analysis of N95 respirators and medical masks to protect healthcare workers in China from respiratory infections

Parameters

Base case value (2014 USD, Chinese RMB)

Source

Equipment costs (‘list price’ per unit)a

 Medical mask

0.14 (1)

3 M China, 3 M Standard Tie-On Surgical Mask (catalogue number mask 1817)b

 N95 respirator

0.79 (5)

3 M China, 3 M flat-fold N95 respirator (catalogue number 9132)c

 Fit Test Kit

608 (3770)

3 M China, 3 M FT-30 Bitrex Fit Test Kitc

Productivity cost of HCW time to be fit testedd

 Doctor

2.48 (15) Trial 1

2.26 (14) Trial 2

Calculated based on estimated monthly staff salaries

 Nurse

1.74 (11) Trial 1

1.58 (10) Trial 2

Calculated based on estimated monthly staff salaries

 Administration staff

1.98 (12) Trial 1

1.81 (11) Trial 2

Calculated based on estimated monthly staff salaries

Unit costs associated clinical respiratory illness (CRI)

 Direct costs

  

  Antibiotics (e.g. Azithromycin 6 tablets)

1.93 (12)

Beijing pharmaceutical sunshine procurement platform [19]

  Antitussives (e.g. Apricot cough syrup 250 ml bottle)

4.03 (25)

Beijing pharmaceutical sunshine procurement platform [19]

  Antipyretics (e.g. Paracetamol 12 tablets)

1.45 (9)

Beijing pharmaceutical sunshine procurement platform [19]

  Antivirals (e.g. Oseltamivir 10 tablets)

35.65 (221)

Beijing pharmaceutical sunshine procurement platform [19]

  Traditional. Chinese Medicine (e.g. Ganmao Qingre Granules) 10 bags

1.93 (12)

Beijing pharmaceutical sunshine procurement platform [19]

  Healthcare centre/fever clinic/hospital outpatient visitf

8.06 (50)

Estimatee

  Emergency ward visitf

16.12 (100)

Estimatee

Monthly staff salariese

  

 Doctor

1613 (10000)

Estimateg

 Nurse

1129 (7000)

Estimateg

 Administration

1290 (8000)

Estimateg

  1. aThe ‘list price’ costs for large, health based orders within China (in its economic and taxation framework)
  2. b(Terry Gorman, 3 M Senior Occupational Hygienist, personal communication, January 2012). The 2012 cost for medical mask was used as no updated cost was made available at the time of enquire
  3. c(Terry Gorman, 3 M Senior Occupational Hygienist, personal communication, September 2014)
  4. dStaff time productivity costs for an estimated 15 min of fit testing (based on monthly salary) differs between Trial 1 and 2 due to the slightly greater number of shifts worked per month by HCWs in Trial 2
  5. e(Xiaoli Wang, Beijing CDC, personal communication, July 2014)
  6. fEstimated costs for Beijing level 2 hospitalisations were applied in the model
  7. gSalary estimates were comparable (approximately) with the average Beijing health and social work salary for 2014 [20]
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BMC Infectious Diseases

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