Purpose Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-guided procedures are typically performed under high magnetic field strengths (1.5-3 Tesla) and expensive. Recently, technological progress has led to MRIs that low-cost but similarly performing despite lower (58-74mT). Our purpose was evaluate the cost-efficiency of implementing a low-field MRI for targeted prostate cancer biopsy. Materials methods We u...

background: activity based costing (abc) is one of the new methods began appearing as a costing methodol­ogy in the 1990's. it calculates cost price by determining the usage of resources. in this study, abc method was used for calculating cost price of remedial services in hospitals. methods: to apply abc method, shahid faghihi hospital was selected. first, hospital units were divided into thre...

This study aims to evaluate COVID-19 in-hospital costs and identify predictors at a patient-level in Brazil. is multicenter, prospective cohort that applied time-driven activity-based costing (TDABC) method five Brazilian reference centers for treatment. Patients hospitalized between March August 2020 (first wave of the disease) had their status confirmed by reverse transcription-polymerase cha...