Indirect costs for the aggressive warming
colorectal cancer
COLORECTAL CANCER
(1) Medical equipment depreciation: An FAW blanket with a warming unit (3 M Bair Hugger 700) was used. The air compressor was assumed to have a depreciation period of 5 years, with an average of 1,031 radical operations for elective colorectal cancer in a year. The cost of equipment depreciation was estimated at 2.88 USD/operation and (2) Repair and maintenance: The replacement filter should be changed every 12 months to maintain the maximum efficiency of the warming unit. The maintenance cost for the FAW system was estimated to be 0.43 USD/operation.