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Table 1 Workload unit scoring system

From: A cost-of-illness analysis of β-Thalassaemia major in children in Sri Lanka – experience from a tertiary level teaching hospital

Definition

Patient score

Relative workload intensity

Patients who require less than average care E.g. Regular transfusion visits

1

1

Sub-acute patients who require the standard level of care

2

2.5

Acute patients who require more than average care

3

3.5

Intensive care patients who require a high level of care

4

7