Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on a tertiary care public hospital in Singapore: resources and economic costs.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The COVID-19 pandemic has prompted hospitals to respond with stringent measures. Accurate estimates of costs and resources used in outbreaks can guide evaluations of responses. We report on the financial expenditure associated with COVID-19, the bed-days used for COVID-19 patients and hospital services displaced due to COVID-19 in a Singapore tertiary hospital.

Methods

We conducted a retrospective cost analysis from January to December 2020 in the largest public hospital in Singapore. Costs were estimated from the hospital perspective. We examined financial expenditures made in direct response to COVID-19; hospital admissions data related to COVID-19 inpatients; and the number of outpatient and emergency department visits, non-emergency surgeries, inpatient days i

SUBMITTER: Cai Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8664721 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature