The unit cost study of in-patient service of Prapokklao Hospital,1 st trimester,Fiscal Year 2002.

Abstract

This research was to determine the direct cost of dispensing service at IPD dispensing room, Prapokklao Hospital from October 2001 to January 2002, only official day.The objectives of this research were to study the unit cost per prescription and unit cost per activities of IPD dispensing service. The results revealed that the average of prescriptions per month was 17,512. Total direct cost was 16.10 bath per prescription.
Labor cost, Material cost and Capital cost was 13.87 bath, 1.47 bath and 0.76 bath,respectively. Total direct cost was allocated to 11 activities by time recording. The analysis indicated that drug preparing activity was the highest cost per prescription which was 4.34 bath, while the dispensing and counseling activity was the lowest cost of 0.08 bath.Cost of the prescription providing to calculation and recording was 3.47 bath,drug-checking was 3.24 bath, management/quality improvement was 1.45 bath,receiving and storage was 1.19 bath, labeling was 1.10 bath, ordering was 0.41 bath,inspection on drug deterioration was 0.30 bath, pre-packing was 0.29 bath, meeting/ training was 0.23 bath, respectively. This research will be useful to reform a reasonable dispensing service, which will develop the effective resource use of the hospital.