Abstract

[...] this is not the price for blood but service charges for processing blood units after collection. If we see historical part of pricing of blood and components in India, National AIDS Control Organization (NACO) passed a circular in 1992 that for government hospital's service charge should be Indian rupees (INR) 250 and for private hospitals it should be INR.500 (present exchange rate of about Indian Rs.38= 1 US$). Government and Transfusion Medicine specialists from this part of the world should pay special attention so that there should be a reasonable cost recovery system and no body should make unwanted profit from the gift of blood.

Details

Title
Prices of blood units in South East Asia
Author
Choudhury, N
Pages
45-46
Publication year
2008
Publication date
Jul/Dec 2008
Publisher
Medknow Publications & Media Pvt. Ltd.
ISSN
09736247
e-ISSN
19983565
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
869922689
Copyright
Copyright Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd Jul 2008