Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element Concept |
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METEOR identifier: | 269734 |
Registration status: | Health, Standard 01/03/2005 |
Definition: | The cost of all consumables of a medical or surgical nature (excluding drug supplies) but not including expenditure on equipment repairs. |
Context: | Health expenditure: As for the metadata item drug supplies, this is a significant element of non-salary expenditure and national-level data on medical and surgical supplies is of considerable interest in its own right to a wide range of persons and organisations. |