Abstract:
This study was cross sectional research on the cost and unit cost analysis of a surgical intensive care unit in Siriraj Hospital in the fiscal year 2553 B.E. The purpose of this study was to analyse the cost of inpatients treatment classified by the top 5 priority diseases and being admitted to the surgical intensive care unit. The study was retrospective from the perspective of a health care provider. The studied population were health care providers in the surgical intensive care unit and in eight support units. The study tools for data collection were recording forms classified by the source of expenses; labor costs, material costs and capital costs and the recording forms were classified by diseases diagnosed for admission into the intensive care unit. The data were analysed by using Microsoft Excel. The results showed that the total operational costs per year of surgical intensive care unit in Siriraj Hospital was 10,653,840.71 baht as labor costs, material costs and capital costs (90.40%, 9.01% and 0.59% respectively) or in the proportion of 153.63:15.32:1. The unit cost of the 5 priority diseases were as follows; prostate cancer 33,638.46 baht/day and 364,168.12 baht/case, artery occlusion 11,212.79 baht/day and 391,486.98 baht/case, fracture of the neck of the femur 6,143 baht/day and 192,736.95 baht/case, aortic aneurysm 18,631.07 baht/day and 382,928.19 baht/case, colon cancer 18,631.07 baht/day and 382,928.19 baht/case. There should be a further study about the cost effectiveness or a cost utility analysis, and the activity based costing, in order to identify factors for cost reductions