Table 3

Costs of the hospital emergency department before and after the establishment of the integrated GP cooperative.

1999 (before)

2000 (after)

Difference


Personnela

€ 1,250,611

€ 1,250,611

€ 0

Administration

€ 25,996

€ 22,770

- € 3,226

Communication

€ 7,453

€ 8,405

+ € 952

Interior

€ 3,078

€ 2,408

- € 670

Medication, bandages, casts, etc

€ 200,675

€ 185,624

- € 15,051

Diagnostics

€ 725,135

€ 726,400

+ € 1,265

Overheadb

€ 1,380,774

€ 1,380,774

€ 0

Other

14,107

14,254

+ € 147


Total

€ 3,607,830

€ 3,591,247

- € 16,582


a Staffing of the ED remained unchanged; therefore, costs have been kept the same.

b Overhead costs have been kept the same

van Uden et al. BMC Family Practice 2006 7:29   doi:10.1186/1471-2296-7-29

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