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Table 1 Workload and EV of the main CHS compared with a standard clinic visit

From: An economic-research-based approach to calculate community health-staffing requirements in Xicheng District, Beijing

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Types

Workload (minutes)

Mean EV

Essential medical services

Single clinic visit

15.00

1.00

Emergency (per visit)

37.50

2.50

Single home visit

60.00

4.00

Inpatient bed day

90.00

6.00

Rehabilitation clinic (per outpatient visit)

40.00

2.67

Nursing services

Intravenous injection

5.00

0.33

Intravenous infusion

12.00

0.80

Intravenous injection, venous blood

7.00

0.47

Catheterization

20.00

1.33

Providing prescription (Western medicine)

3.00

0.20

Pharmacy service

Dispensing a prescription (per prescription)

12.50

0.83

Advanced pharmacy work, including detailed dosage calculations (per prescription)

75.00

5.00

Auxiliary examination service

Rapid blood sugar test

3.00

0.20

Blood, urine, feces test (per test)

13.00

0.87

Biochemical test (per test)

30.00

2.00

Electrocardiogram (per test)

5.00

0.33

B-mode ultrasonography (per test)

15.00

1.00

Public health service

Health record management service (per person year)

50.00

3.33

Health education service (per month)

1400.00

93.33

Health services for children aged 0 to 36 months (per person year)

106.67

7.11

Maternal health services (per person year)

296.00

19.73

Older people’s health services (per person year)

70.00

4.67

Immunizations (per visit)

26.55

1.77

Patients with hypertension (per person year)

310.00

20.67

Patients with type II diabetes (per person year)

310.00

20.67

Patients with severe mental illness (per person year)

510.00

34.00