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Table. 2 Expected costs for treating a patient with opioid overdose

From: Treating patients with opioid overdose at a primary care emergency outpatient clinic: a cost-minimization analysis

Oslo Accident and Emergency Outpatient Clinic Drammen Hospital
  Expected costEUR Low valueEUR High valueEUR   Expected costEUR Low valueEUR High valueEUR
Personnel     Personnel    
Triage nurse 3 2 7 Nurse 1 48 38 60
Observation nurse 51 39 65 Nurse 2 48 38 60
Registrar 37 23 53 Intern 40 28 54
Senior registrar 6 3 12 Senior registrar 50 35 65
Sum 97 67 137 Sum 186 139 239
Test/treatment     Test/treatment    
Glucose 16 15 16 Blood testsa 66 66 67
CRP 1 1 2 Arterial blood gas 27 24 30
ECG 1 1 2 ECG 40 37 42
CT head scan 5 3 7 CT head scan 34 26 47
Naloxone 1 1 1 Naloxone 5 4 5
Sum 24 21 28 Flumazenil 8 6 9
     Ringer acetate 3 2 3
     Sum 183 165 203
     Intensive care unit 243 125 417
Total costs 121 88 165 Total costs 612 429 859
  1. Low/high value: Lowest/highest achievable value given the assumptions
  2. CRP: C-reactive protein; CT: computed tomography; ECG: electrocardiogram, EUR: European euro
  3. aBattery of blood tests shown in Additional file 1: Table S1