Table 2: Cost estimates of ambulance services during 7 days in 4 hospitals in Dhaka city.
Items |
Overall |
Fare for ambulance service (in Euros; based on distance in Dhaka city)a |
3.4 - 10.3 |
Maintenance cost per ambulance per year in Eurosa,b |
723.2 |
Maintenance cost per ambulance per day (Euros)c |
1.98 |
Management cost per ambulance per year in Eurosa,d |
5862.7 |
Management cost per ambulance per day (Euros)e |
16.06 |
Average transport cost per patient (Euros)f,g |
7.9 |
Average transport cost per emergency patient (Euros)h,i |
18.9 |
Note: a1 Euro = 96.8 Bangladeshi Taka (BDT.; currency converted on September 09, 2017 from: https://www.oanda.com/currency/converter/); bMaintenance cost included all relevant repairing costs per ambulance; cMaintenance cost per ambulance per day = Maintenance cost per ambulance per year (723.2 Euro)/365 days; dManagement cost included all relevant costs, e.g., maintenance, changing of oil filters and oxygen filters, staff salary; eManagement cost per ambulance per day = Management cost per ambulance per year (5862.7 Euro)/365 days; fNo. of patients transported by per hospital ambulance per day = No. of total patients transported in 7 days (756; see Table 2)/7 days x Total ambulances (53) = 2.04 patients per ambulance per day; gAverage transport cost per patient = Management cost per ambulance per day (16.06 Euro)/No. of patients transported by per ambulance per day (2.04); hNo. of emergency patients transported by per hospital ambulance per day = No. of total emergency patients transported in 7 days (incoming 214 + referral 100 = 314; see Table 2)/7 days x Total ambulances (53) = 0.85 emergency patients per ambulance per day; iAverage transport cost per emergency patient = Management cost per ambulance per day (16.06 Euro)/No. of emergency patients transported by per ambulance per day (0.85).