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Table 2 A comparison of two studies for the costs of oxygen systems.

From: An evaluation of oxygen systems for treatment of childhood pneumonia

Item

Enarson (2008)

Duke (2008)

Concentrators

$850

$2520

Installation materials

$1160

$830

Training and implementation

$1230

$970

Other (review visits and electro-medical repair)

$430

$2000

TOTAL (per unit)

$3670

$6320

Items relating to oximetry:

  

Pulse oximeters and Oximetry sensor probes

Not available

$2280

TOTAL (per unit and including pulse oximetry)

Not available

$8600

  1. Note: the cost of pulse oximeters and oximetry sensor probes was not estimated in the study of Enarson et al. (2008). The oxygen system is not complete without pulse oximetry
  2. *All costs are averages for each unit rounded to the nearest 10.