For registered nurses, the average number of hours a day per patient came to eight.

Analysts estimate that the drug will cost $7,000 a year per patient.

Treatment remained exclusive of most patients due to high cost; $50,000 to $400,000 per patient.

The pumps in the study cost about $250,000 per patient.

Some teaching hospitals say their costs per patient are more than twice that high.

The drug cost $1,400 a year per patient in 1998.

More staff per patient, and she needs a lot of help these days.

Wounds such as these required considerably more time than two minutes per patient.

In addition, medical supervision can amount to about $80 a week per patient.

Its costs range from $700 to $3,000 a year per patient.