Research Article

An Assessment of the Economic Feasibility of Selected Surgeries in the Obstetrics and Gynaecology Department under Community-Based Health Insurance (CBHI) in a Tertiary Care Hospital in South India

Table 2

Total cost to the hospital under abdominal hysterectomy, caesarean section, and vaginal hysterectomy.

Abdominal hysterectomyCaesarean sectionVaginal hysterectomy
Arogya BhagyaESIArogya BhagyaArogya KarnatakaESIESI

Bed cost2,6752,6752,2292,2292,2292,675
Consumables8141,4612,0141,6651,5622,056
Electricity and AC188188163163163150
Equipment cost1,8211,8211,1561,1561,1561,244
Medicine7,3556,3413,4594,9824,8044,874
Diagnostics1,3591,4371441,3643031,089
Blood bank materials298943876
Doctor’s fee933971816944855951
Manpower cost-OT1,5291,5291,2741,2741,2741,052
Manpower cost-nursing1,5491,5491,5491,5491,5491,549
Indirect cost4,3614,6413,3684,6233,8574,549
Others3209281,6301,2171,677743
Total (₹)22,90423,83917,80222,10919,42921,808