Marginal Cost elements | Robotic Surgery | Non-Robotic Surgery |
OR Costs | Itemised costs for each patient · all consumable costs associated with the surgery; · robotic surgery instrument costs; · operating theatre staffing costs (Surginet based on staffing compliment for each patient/staff awards/VMO costs and time in theatre) | OR cost bucket in the ABM† portal. This includes average cost of all Goods & Services (excluding Prosthesis), Salary and Wages and VMO Payments for Operating Theatre cost centres. |
| Per diem nursing, medical, ward costs, non-clinical costs (statistical estimate of the median per diem costs from 3 years pool data from the ABM† portal). These costs outside the OR are considered to be identical on a per diem basis. LOS‡ differences for each separation will be the key driver of difference in marginal costs between RS§ and Non-RS¶. | |
Nursing Costs | Average cost of Nursing Salary and Wages in Clinical Service or Ward cost centres (ABM† Portal) | |
Medical Costs | Average cost of all Medical Salary and Wages and VMO Payments in Clinical Service or Ward cost centres | |
Ward Costs | Average cost of all Goods & Services (excluding Pathology, Imaging, Pharmacy and Prosthesis) for Clinical Service or Ward cost centres | |
Non Clinical | Average amount of non-clinical costs including hotel and administrative costs, non-clinical salaries and wages |