- The amount of state or federal funds allocated to a Charter School to spend. on a particular grant or specific use of funds. The state allotment to Charter Schools is. based on dollars received on the Average Daily Membership (ADM).
The authors also describe how the cost and risks related to blood transfusions have driven the search for alternatives to blood. A single blood unit costs approximately US$700 to US$1200. US patients receive transfusions of 24 million blood products (red blood cells, fresh-frozen plasma, and platelets) each year. However, patients who receive blood are at increased risk for infection, kidney failure, lung dysfunction, transfusion reactions, and many other health complications.
Analogs cost about $270 per 10 mL vial, while regular human insulins such as Novolin and Humulin run about $120 per 10 mL vial. The advantage of having a U-500 formulation is that it can deliver far more units of insulin (500 units per mL) at less overall volume than any of those other options.n 2007, regular Humulin cost $0.04 per unit of insulin -- twice that of the $0.02 price tag on each unit of insulin in U-500. Realizing Potential. Demand for U-500 began escalating about 5 years ago, in lock-step with a worsening epidemic of obesity and diabetes.