Pharmacoeconomics: Open Access

Department of Global Health Economics, Aalborg Universitet, Ballerup, Denmark

Publications

• Research Article   
  Cost Comparison of Reusable and Single-Use Bronchoscopes in a Scottish Intensive Care Unit
  Author(s): Rasmus Vinther Russell* and MJG Dunn
  
  Background: Bronchoscopy procedures are conventionally associated with complex supporting processes, large capital investments and inevitable repairs. Cost-comparison analysis with the single-use bronchoscope Ambu® aScope™4 Broncho within a UK intensive care unit have never been done before. Materials and Methods: We conducted a cost-comparison analysis of reusable vs single-use bronchoscopes within the intensive care unit of the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh via a micro-costing method. Results: At the current split between reusable and single-use bronchoscopes, the incremental cost of using single-use vs. reusable bronchoscopes was £111. In a binary setup with either reusable or single-use bronchoscopes, the incremental procedure cost was£90. Singleuse bronchoscopes were cost-m.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.37421/2472-1042.2022.7.152.

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