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Table 1 Ambulance system cost estimations

From: Regional intensive care transports: a prospective analysis of distance, time and cost for road, helicopter and fixed-wing ambulances

System

Total

Fixed cost

%

Op cost (fuel, crew)

Hourly%

Total cost, excl med crew

%

Med crew

Med crew%

Admin

Admin%

RA

6,040 SEK/hr

included

 

included

 

82, SEK/km 57,740 SEK/hr

95%

300 SEK/hr

5%

included

 

RW 1

61,700 SEK/hr

37,000 SEK/hr

60%

12,800 SEK/hr

21%

50,700 SEK/hr

82%

11,000 SEK/hr

18%

900 SEK/hr

1%

RW 2

41,610 SEK/hr

25,714 SEK/hr

62%

8,000 SEK/hr

19%

33,715 SEK/hr

81%

7,895 SEK/hr

19%

71 SEK/hr

< 1%

RW 3

37,850 SEK/hr

24,483 SEK/hr

65%

9,500 SEK/hr

25%

34,947 SEK/hr

92%

3,053 SEK/hr

8%

814 SEK/hr

< 1%

FW

25,831 SEK/hr

none in this contract

 

21,301 SEK/hr

100%

21,301 SEK/hr

82%

4,430 SEK/hr

18%

100 SEK/hr

< 1%

  1. Table legend. RA = road ambulance, RW = rotor wing ambulance, FW = fixed wing ambulance. For RA: usual ambulance crew plus addition specialist nurse as medical crew; Op = operational; hr = hour; excl = excluding; Med = medical; Admin = administration cost; For RW1 and RW2: two pilot and physician plus nurse medical crew. For RW3: one pilot plus HEMS pilot assistant and nurse only medical crew. For FW: two pilot and physician plus nurse medical crew.