Dear Nelson Marlborough District Health Board,

1) Procurement Policy for medical devices

2)Funding Policies for medical devices including when manufacturers
will get paid (ie before surgery, upon receiving implant) with
specific reference to custom devices

3)How many hip revision surgeries involving an acetabular component
for each year for last 5 years 2012 in region? If not available
just 2012.

4) How many patients received a re-revision surgeries in the past
five years? (ie it was their second or third + revision surgery).

4)How much was spent on acetabular implants in revision surgeries
over each year for last five years? If not available just 2012.

5)What is the average costs of running an operating theatre per
hour (minus staffing costs)?

6)Total operating theatre costs for revision surgeries in 2012?

7)How long on average how long does a revision hip arthroplasty
take?

8) How much was spent on rehabilitation after hip revision in 2012?

9) What is the cost of a day of rehabilitation for a hip surgery?

Yours faithfully,

Julie Hands

Dear Maegan McIsaac,

Thank you for getting back to me with that information it is much appreciated. I jst had one follow up question. What is the most common implant system used in those revision surgeries ie Zimmer, Biomet etc.

Regards,
Julie Hands