Unit Cost of Stroke Rehabilitation
Yingsumal Archongka MD*, Nuttaset Manimmanakorn MD**, Vilai Kuptniratsaikul MD***, Suleepan Solunda MSc*, Prapa Yee-heng RN*
Affiliation : * Sirindhron National Medical Rehabilitation Center, Ministry of Public Health, Bangkok ** Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen *** Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok
Background : Rehabilitation costs borne by the service institution are part of the total cost incurred when
a patient is admitted to hospital. The total costs cannot directly represent the rehabilitation costs. When
considering the funding allocated for specific services, it is useful to have figures that represent the actual
costs of those services.
Objective : Study the unit cost of rehabilitation.
Material and Method: The data were collected from March to December 2006. Three hundred twenty
seven patients from nine collaborating centers, including 18 patients from Sirindhron National Medical
Rehabilitation Center (SNMRC) participated in this study. Descriptive analysis produced results in percent,
mean standard deviation, and p-value. One unit of rehabilitation treatment is equal to twenty minutes.
Results : The average unit cost of rehabilitation treatment among the nine collaborating centers was 94.56
units per week and 33.78 from rehabilitation nursing. At SNMRC, the average rehabilitation unit was 32.67
units per week and the cost for rehabilitation was 11,170.56 + 5641.73 baht.
Conclusion : The calculated unit cost was 60 baht/20minutes service time.
Keywords : Unit cost, Stroke rehabilitation
