Definition
The cost of all consumables of a medical or surgical nature (excluding drug supplies) but not including expenditure on equipment repairs.
Components
Data Element
- Data Element Concept (this item)Establishment—recurrent expenditure (medical and surgical supplies)
- Object ClassEstablishment
- PropertyRecurrent expenditure
- Conceptual DomainNone
Comments
Context:
Health expenditure:
As for the metadata item drug supplies, this is a significant element of non-salary expenditure and national-level data on medical and surgical supplies is of considerable interest in its own right to a wide range of persons and organisations.
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