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).